Shloka 193

धृतराष्ट्रस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति व्यवहार-रक्षा-नियमनोपदेशः | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Instruction on Administration, Punishment, and Daily Governance

Devanagari script

यैरियं पृथिवी कृत्स्ना घातिता कुलपांसनै: । “जिन कुलांगारोंने इस सारी पृथ्वीका विनाश करा डाला, वे दुर्योधन आदि सब लोग भारी-से-भारी कष्टमें पड़ जायँ”

Transliteration

yair iyaṃ pṛthivī kṛtsnā ghātitā kulapāṃsanaiḥ |

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను— “కులానికి కళంకమైన వారు ఈ సమస్త భూమిని నాశనానికి గురిచేశారు; దుర్యోధనుడు మొదలైన ఆ అందరూ అత్యంత ఘోరమైన దుఃఖంలో పడిపోవుగాక.”

Word by Word

यैःby whom

इयम्this

पृथिवीearth

कृत्स्नाentire, whole

घातिताwas caused to be destroyed/slain

कुलपांसनैःby the defilers/ruiners of the family (dynasty)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Pṛthivī (Earth)

Duryodhana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Adharma-driven leadership that disgraces one’s lineage can devastate the whole world; such agents of ruin are portrayed as deserving severe suffering as a karmic and ethical consequence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana, narrating the aftermath and moral reckoning of the Kurukṣetra catastrophe, condemns those like Duryodhana who caused widespread destruction, framing them as 'kulapāṃsanas'—stains upon their dynasty.