Shloka 14

कर्णनिधनश्रवणम् — Hearing of Karṇa’s Fall and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament

Devanagari script

तथा दौ:शासनि: शूरो बाहुशाली रणोत्कट: । द्रौपदेयेन सड़म्य गमितो यमसादनम्‌,अपने बाहुबलसे सुशोभित होनेवाला रणोन्मत्त शूर दुःशासनकुमार द्रौपदीके पुत्रसे टक्कर लेकर यमलोकमें जा पहुँचा

Transliteration

tathā dauḥśāsaniḥ śūro bāhuśālī raṇotkaṭaḥ | draupadeyena saṅgamya gamito yamasādanam ||

Translation

तथा दौःशासनि: शूरो बाहुशाली रणोत्कट: । द्रौपदेयेन सङ्गम्य गमितो यमसादनम् ॥

Word by Word

तथाthus, likewise

दौःशासनिḥthe son of Duḥśāsana

शूरःhero, warrior

बाहुशालीstrong-armed, mighty

रणोत्कटःfierce in battle

द्रौपदेयेनby a son of Draupadī

सङ्गम्यhaving met/engaged (in combat)

गमितःwas sent/was made to go

यमसादनम्the abode of Yama (death)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dauḥśāsani (son of Duḥśāsana)

a Draupadeya (son of Draupadī)

Yama

Yamasādana (abode of Yama)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that martial strength and valor are transient; in the moral economy of the Mahābhārata, death in war functions as an impartial reckoning, where even the mighty fall when their time and consequences mature.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Dauḥśāsani, Duḥśāsana’s son, engages a Draupadeya in battle and is slain—thus ‘sent’ to Yama’s abode.