Shloka 2

धृतराष्ट्रस्य सत्कारः — Dhṛtarāṣṭra Honored in the Post-war Court

Devanagari script

स तु राजा हतामात्यो हतपुत्रो निराश्रय: । कथमासीद्धतैश्वर्यो गान्धारी च यशस्विनी,राजा धृतराष्ट्र अपने मन्त्री और पुत्रोंके मारे जानेसे निराश्रय हो गये थे। उनका एऐश्वर्य नष्ट हो गया था। ऐसी अवस्थामें वे और यशस्विनी गान्धारी देवी किस प्रकार जीवन व्यतीत करते थे

Translation

स तु राजा हतामात्यो हतपुत्रो निराश्रयः । कथमासीद्धतैश्वर्यो गान्धारी च यशस्विनी ॥

Word by Word

सःhe (that one)

तुbut/indeed

राजाking

हत-अमात्यःwhose ministers were slain

हत-पुत्रःwhose sons were slain

निराश्रयःwithout refuge/support

कथम्how?

आसीत्was

हत-ऐश्वर्यःwhose sovereignty/prosperity was destroyed

गान्धारीGandhari

चand

यशस्विनीrenowned/glorious

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes