Shloka 33

भीमसेन–अलायुधयुद्धम् / Bhīmasena and Alāyudha: Night Engagement and Command Responses

Devanagari script

तादृग्‌ रूप॑ कृतमिदं मम कार्य सुद्दत्तमै: । मोहाल्लुब्धस्य पापस्य जिद्दास्य धनमीहत:,मेरे परम सुह्ृद्‌ कहलानेवालोंने मोहवश धन (राज्य) चाहनेवाले मुझ लोभी, पापी और कुटिलके इस कार्यको उसी प्रकार चौपट कर दिया है

Transliteration

tādṛg rūpaṃ kṛtam idaṃ mama kāryaṃ sudurmatibhiḥ | mohāl lubdhasya pāpasya jihīrṣoḥ dhanam īhataḥ ||

Translation

तादृग्रूपं कृतमिदं मम कार्यं सुदुर्मतैः। मोहाल्लुब्धस्य पापस्य जिघांसोर्धनमीहतः॥

Word by Word

तादृक्such, of that kind

रूपम्form, nature

कृतम्done, made

इदम्this

ममof me, my

कार्यम्task, affair, undertaking

सुदत्तमैःby the very well-given / by the best of benefactors (as written)

मोहात्from delusion, due to delusion

लुब्धस्यof the greedy one

पापस्यof the sinful one

जिद्दास्यof Jiddāsa (as written; likely a corrupt reading)

धनम्wealth

ईहतःof (me) striving/desiring

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Duryodhana

my closest friends (unnamed)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how greed for power and wealth, intensified by delusion, leads to ethical collapse and strategic ruin; misguided counsel from those considered “friends” can accelerate one’s downfall, especially when one’s own motives are impure.

What is happening in the narrative?

Duryodhana laments that his plan has been thwarted and blames the foolish actions/advice of those he counts as intimate allies; he also characterizes himself as greedy and sinful, intent on seizing wealth/kingdom, underscoring the moral and tactical unraveling within the Kaurava camp.