Shloka 28

धृतराष्ट्रस्य मूर्च्छा—व्यासोपदेशः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Collapse and Vyāsa’s Counsel

Devanagari script

ततस्ते भविता देवि भारस्य युधि नाशनम्‌

Transliteration

tataste bhavitā devi bhārasya yudhi nāśanam

Translation

ततस्ते भविता देवि भारस्य युधि नाशनम्॥

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from/then')

• ते: for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Dative, singular (for you)

• भविता: will be / will become
• भविता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Periphrastic future, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada (will be/will become)

• देवि: O goddess/lady
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी
• Form: Feminine, vocative, singular

• भारस्य: of the burden
• भारस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार
• Form: Masculine, genitive, singular

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, locative, singular

• नाशनम्: destruction/removal
• नाशनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाशन
• Form: Neuter, nominative, singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Devī (the Goddess, addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents war’s outcome as the removal of a cosmic and moral ‘burden’ rather than a celebratory triumph. It highlights the Mahābhārata’s ethical tension: even when destruction is portrayed as necessary for restoring order, it remains grievous and weighty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa addresses a goddess and foretells that, in the coming battle, the ‘burden’ will be destroyed—implying the elimination of those whose presence has become an intolerable weight on the world, culminating in a decisive, catastrophic conflict.