Shloka 61
अध्याय ९ — दुर्योधनस्य अन्त्यावस्था, विलापः, तथा सौप्तिक-प्रतिवृत्तम्
Duryodhana’s Final Condition, Lamentation, and the Night’s Report
एवमेष क्षयो वृत्त: कुरुपाण्डवसेनयो: । घोरो विशसनो रीौद्रो राजन् दुर्मन्त्रिते तव,राजन! इस प्रकार आपकी कुमन्त्रणाके अनुसार कौरवों तथा पाण्डवोंकी सेनाओंका यह घोर एवं भयंकर विनाशकार्य सम्पन्न हुआ है
evam eṣa kṣayo vṛttaḥ kurupāṇḍava-senayoḥ | ghoro viśasano raudro rājan durmantrite tava ||
Sañjaya disse: “Assim se consumou a destruição dos exércitos dos Kurus e dos Pāṇḍavas—terrível, mortífera e feroz, ó rei—provocada pelo teu próprio mau conselho.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores moral and political accountability: catastrophic violence in war is not merely fate but can be traced to flawed judgment and unethical counsel. A ruler’s choices and advisors’ influence can precipitate ruin for entire communities.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the dreadful destruction of both the Kuru and Pāṇḍava forces has occurred, and he pointedly attributes this outcome to the king’s own misguided counsel and decisions.