Shloka 152

Devanagari script

धृतराष्ट उवाच प्रागेव सुमहत्‌ कर्म द्रौणिरेतन्महारथ: । नाकरोदीदृशं कस्मान्मत्पुत्रविजये धृत:,राजा धृतराष्ट्रने पूछा--संजय! अश्वत्थामा तो मेरे पुत्रको विजय दिलानेका दृढ़ निश्चय कर चुका था। फिर उस महारथी वीरने पहले ही ऐसा महान्‌ पराक्रम क्‍यों नहीं किया?

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra perguntou: “Sañjaya, Aśvatthāmā, filho de Droṇa, esse grande guerreiro de carro, já estava firmemente decidido a dar a vitória a meus filhos. Por que, então, não realizou antes um feito tão grandioso?”

Word by Word

धृतराष्ट्रःDhṛtarāṣṭra

उवाचsaid

प्राक्earlier / beforehand

एवindeed / just

सुमहत्very great

कर्मdeed / act

द्रौणिःDrauṇi (Aśvatthāmā, son of Droṇa)

एतत्this

महारथःgreat chariot-warrior

नnot

अकरोत्did / performed

ईदृशम्such (a deed) like this

कस्मात्why? / from what reason?

मत्my

पुत्रof (my) son

विजयेin (the matter of) victory

धृतःresolved / determined

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes