Shloka 28
Devanagari script
असंशयं क्षयं राजा यथैवाहं तथा गत:,उनकी इसी दुर्नीतिके कारण निःसंदेह राजा धृतराष्ट्रको भी वैसा ही विनाश प्राप्त हुआ है, जैसा कि मुझे
Transliteration
asaṁśayaṁ kṣayaṁ rājā yathaivāhaṁ tathā gataḥ
Translation
असंशयं क्षयं राजा यथैवाहं तथा गतः। तस्यैव दुर्नीतेः कारणाद् धृतराष्ट्रोऽपि नृपः तथा विनाशं प्राप्तवान्॥
Word by Word
असंशयम्undoubtedly
असंशयम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअसंशय
क्षयम्destruction, ruin
क्षयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootक्षय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
राजाthe king
राजा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यथाas, just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
एवindeed, exactly
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअहम्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
तथाso, in that manner
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
गतःgone; has reached/undergone
गतः:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
युधिछिर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Y
YudhiṣṭhiraD
DhṛtarāṣṭraCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Misguided governance (dur-nīti) and moral failure in leadership inevitably bring ruin, not only to others but also to the ruler himself; ethical responsibility in kingship is inescapable.
In the Śānti Parva’s reflective aftermath of the war, Yudhiṣṭhira laments and judges the outcome: he sees Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s downfall as a certain consequence of his flawed policy and partiality, paralleling his own suffering and degraded condition after the catastrophe.