Shloka 273

धृतराष्ट्रस्य मूर्च्छा—व्यासोपदेशः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Collapse and Vyāsa’s Counsel

Devanagari script

अन्योन्यं घातयिष्यन्ति दृढै: शस्त्रै: प्रहारिण: । “उसके लिये सारे भूपाल कुरुक्षेत्रमें एकत्र होंगे और सुदृढ़ शस्त्रोंद्वारा परस्पर प्रहार करके एक-दूसरेका वध कर डालेंगे

Transliteration

anyonyam ghātayiṣyanti dṛḍhaiḥ śastraiḥ prahāriṇaḥ |

Translation

Vyāsa menyatakan bahawa para pahlawan, dengan senjata yang kukuh dan pukulan yang keras, akan saling menyerang dan membinasakan satu sama lain—suatu ramalan gelap tentang keganasan perang yang memakan dirinya sendiri.

Word by Word

• अन्योन्यम्: mutually, one another
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्योन्य
• Form: Adverbial accusative (avyayībhāva-like usage), singular form used adverbially

• घातयिष्यन्ति: they will cause to be slain / will kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (घातयति caus.)
• Form: Lṛṭ (simple future), parasmaipada, 3rd person plural

• दृढैः: with firm/strong
• दृढैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृढ
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, instrumental case, plural

• शस्त्रैः: with weapons
• शस्त्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, instrumental case, plural

• प्रहारिणः: strikers, assailants
• प्रहारिणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रहारिन्
• Form: Masculine, nominative case, plural

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• weapons (śastra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Unchecked enmity and the pursuit of victory through violence become self-destructive: when dharma is eclipsed by rage and rivalry, combatants end up annihilating one another, illustrating the karmic and ethical cost of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa speaks a grim prediction: the fighters will strike each other with powerful weapons and mutually kill one another, foreshadowing the catastrophic mutual destruction associated with the Kurukṣetra conflict.