Shloka 44

शल्यपर्व — चतुर्विंशोऽध्यायः | Śalya Parva, Chapter 24: Disruption of Kaurava Formations and the Elephant Encirclement

Devanagari script

उक्त हि बहुश: सिद्धैर्जातमात्रे सुयोधने । एन॑ प्राप्य दुरात्मान॑ क्षयं क्षत्रं गमिष्यति,“दुर्योधनके जन्म लेते ही सिद्ध पुरुषोंने बारंबार कहा था कि “इस दुरात्माको पाकर क्षत्रियजातिका विनाश हो जायगा”

Transliteration

uktaṃ hi bahuśaḥ siddhair jātamātre suyodhane | enaṃ prāpya durātmānaṃ kṣayaṃ kṣatraṃ gamiṣyati ||

Translation

उक्तं हि बहुशः सिद्धैर्जातमात्रे सुयोधने—एनं प्राप्य दुरात्मानं क्षयं क्षत्रं गमिष्यति।

Word by Word

उक्तम्said/uttered

हिindeed/for

बहुशःmany times/repeatedly

सिद्धैःby the perfected ones/sages

जातमात्रेat the very moment of birth

सुयोधनेin/with regard to Suyodhana (Duryodhana)

एनम्him/this one

प्राप्यhaving obtained/after getting

दुरात्मानम्the evil-souled one

क्षयम्destruction

क्षत्रम्the Kshatriya order/warrior class

गमिष्यतिwill go/will come to (i.e., will reach)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Suyodhana (Duryodhana)

Siddhas (perfected sages)

Kṣatra (Kṣatriya order)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes