Shloka 63
धृतराष्ट्र-संजय-संवादः — दुर्योधनस्य ह्रदप्रवेशः
Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Saṃjaya Dialogue: Duryodhana’s Entry into the Lake
स तच्छिरो वेगवता शरेण सुवर्णपुडुखेन शिलाशितेन । प्रावेरयत् कुपित: पाण्डुपुत्रो यत्तत् कुरूणामनयस्य मूलम्
sa tacchiro vegavatā śareṇa suvarṇapuṅkhena śilāśitena | prāverayat kupitaḥ pāṇḍuputro yat tat kurūṇām anayasya mūlam ||
स तच्छिरो वेगवता शरेण सुवर्णपुडुखेन शिलाशितेन । प्रावेरयत् कुपितः पाण्डुपुत्रो यत्तत् कुरूणामनयस्य मूलम् ॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames Śakuni as the ‘root of the Kurus’ calamity,’ highlighting an ethical principle central to the Mahābhārata: sustained deceit and the deliberate engineering of adharma eventually return as ruin, and the war functions as a grim arena of moral consequence.
Sañjaya reports that Sahadeva, in anger, shoots a swift, stone-honed arrow with golden feathers and brings down Śakuni’s head—depicting Śakuni’s fall as the elimination of a principal instigator of the Kuru catastrophe.