Shloka 2
Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 5 — Karmaphala-Nirdeśa and Phalāśruti (कर्मफलनिर्देशः फलश्रुतिश्च)
धृष्टकेतुर्जयत्सेनो राजा चैव स सत्यजित् | दुर्योधनसुताश्चैव शकुनिश्चैव सौबल:
dhṛṣṭaketūr jayatsenō rājā caiva sa satyajit | duryodhana-sutāś caiva śakuniś caiva saubalaḥ ||
ਜਨਮੇਜਯ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ—ਧ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟਕੇਤੁ, ਜਯਤਸੇਨ ਅਤੇ ਉਹ ਰਾਜਾ ਸਤ੍ਯਜਿਤ; ਅਤੇ ਦੁਰਯੋਧਨ ਦੇ ਪੁੱਤਰ, ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਸੁਬਲ ਦਾ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਸ਼ਕੁਨੀ—ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੋਇਆ, ਹੇ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣ?
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as a sober roll-call of prominent figures, underscoring the Mahābhārata’s ethical arc: power, lineage, and strategic brilliance (as with Śakuni) are ultimately subject to the consequences of adharma and the inevitability of death; remembrance becomes a moral inventory rather than a celebration.
Janamejaya enumerates notable persons—kings and Kaurava-associated figures—within the Svargārohaṇa context, where the epic gathers and accounts for those involved in the great conflict and its aftermath, naming them as part of the concluding reckoning.