Shloka 26

Devanagari script

विनष्टा: कुरुशार्टूल न तान्‌ शोचितुम्हसि । भवितव्यं तथा तच्च दिष्टमेतन्महात्मनाम्‌,कुरुश्रेष्ठ! वृष्णि और अन्धकवंशके महारथी ब्राह्मणोंके शापसे दग्ध होकर नष्ट हुए हैं; अतः तुम उनके लिये शोक न करो। उन महामनस्वी वीरोंकी भवितव्यता ही ऐसी थी। उनका प्रारब्ध ही वैसा बन गया था

Transliteration

vināṣṭāḥ kuruśārṭūla na tān śocitum arhasi | bhavitavyaṃ tathā tac ca diṣṭam etan mahātmanām |

Translation

ବ୍ୟାସ କହିଲେ—କୁରୁଶାର୍ଦୂଳ! ସେମାନେ ବିନଷ୍ଟ ହୋଇଗଲେ; ସେମାନଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ତୁମେ ଶୋକ କରିବା ଉଚିତ ନୁହେଁ। ଯାହା ଘଟିଛି, ସେହି ଘଟିବାକୁ ଥିଲା; ସେ ମହାତ୍ମ ବୀରମାନଙ୍କର ଦିଷ୍ଟି ଏମିତି ଥିଲା। ବୃଷ୍ଣି ଓ ଅନ୍ଧକବଂଶର ମହାରଥୀମାନେ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣମାନଙ୍କ ଶାପରେ ଦଗ୍ଧ ହୋଇ ନଷ୍ଟ ହେଲେ; ତେଣୁ ସେମାନଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ଶୋକରେ ଡୁବିବ ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

विनष्टाःdestroyed, perished

कुरुशार्दूलO tiger among the Kurus

नnot

तान्them

शोचितुम्to grieve (for)

अर्हसिyou ought / you should

भवितव्यम्what must happen; destiny

तथाthus, in that way

तत्that (event)

चand

दिष्टम्ordained fate; what is allotted

एतत्this

महात्मनाम्of the great-souled (heroes)

कुरुश्रेष्ठO best of the Kurus

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Kuru (lineage)

Vṛṣṇi (clan)

Andhaka (clan)

Brāhmaṇas (as curse-givers)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Vyāsa urges restraint in grief by pointing to inevitability (bhavitavya) and what is ordained (diṣṭa): when events unfold through destiny and prior causality, one should uphold steadiness rather than be overwhelmed by lamentation.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the catastrophic end of the Vṛṣṇi and Andhaka heroes, Vyāsa addresses a Kuru leader, explaining that their destruction occurred through the brāhmaṇas’ curse and was fated; therefore, mourning them is discouraged.