Shloka 193
Chapter 137: Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki) Slays Somadatta; Yudhiṣṭhira Redirected from Droṇa
प्रत्याख्यानाच्च कृष्णस्य भृशं तप्यति पुत्रक: । परंतु अब कर्णको भीमसेनके द्वारा पराजित और रथहीन हुआ देख श्रीकृष्णकी बात न माननेके कारण मेरा वह पुत्र निश्चय ही बड़ा भारी पश्चात्ताप कर रहा होगा
pratyākhyānāc ca kṛṣṇasya bhṛśaṃ tapyati putrakaḥ | parantu adya karṇako bhīmasenena parājitaṃ rathahīnaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā śrīkṛṣṇasya vacanaṃ na mānayan mama sa putro niścayaṃ mahān paścāt-tāpaṃ kariṣyati ||
प्रत्याख्यानाच्च कृष्णस्य भृशं तप्यति पुत्रकः। अद्य च कर्णं भीमसेनेन पराजितं रथहीनं च दृष्ट्वा, श्रीकृष्णवचनमनादृत्य मम स पुत्रो नूनं महता पश्चात्तापेन दह्यते।
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ignoring wise counsel—especially counsel grounded in dharma—leads to avoidable suffering and later remorse; repentance that comes only after disaster highlights the ethical cost of stubbornness and poor leadership.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra reflects on his son Duryodhana’s earlier refusal to accept Kṛṣṇa’s advice; now, with the battlefield turning grim—signaled by Karṇa being defeated and left chariotless by Bhīmasena—he anticipates Duryodhana’s intense regret.