Shloka 12
अध्याय ९ — कर्णस्य प्रहारः, योधयुग्मनियोजनम्, शैनेय-कैकेययोर्युद्धविन्यासः
Devanagari script
दुःखात् सुदुःखव्यसन प्राप्तवानस्मि संजय
Transliteration
duḥkhāt suduḥkha-vyasanaṃ prāptavān asmi sañjaya
Translation
சஞ்சயா, ஒரு துயரத்திலிருந்து நான் இன்னும் கடுமையான துயரப் பேரிடருக்குள் வீழ்ந்தேன்।
Word by Word
दुःखात्from sorrow
दुःखात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootदुःख
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
सुदुःखव्यसनम्a very painful calamity/misfortune
सुदुःखव्यसनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसुदुःखव्यसन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
प्राप्तवान्have obtained/come to
प्राप्तवान्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्राप्
FormPerfect (periphrastic), First, Singular, Masculine
अस्मिI am
अस्मि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, First, Singular
संजयO Sanjaya
संजय:
TypeNoun
Rootसंजय
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Characters & Entities
D
DhṛtarāṣṭraS
SañjayaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Unchecked attachment and adharma-driven choices compound suffering: one sorrow becomes the seed of a greater calamity, illustrating how moral and political failures in war escalate grief.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra, hearing battlefield reports from Sañjaya, laments that his distress has intensified—signaling a worsening turn in the Kurukṣetra war and the deepening consequences for his house.