Shloka 22

Devanagari script

मत्कृते भ्रातृसौहार्दाद्‌ राज्य भ्रष्टा वनं गता: । परिक्लिष्टा तथा कृष्णा मत्कृते मधुसूदन,“मधुसूदन! मेरे लिये भ्रातृस्नेहवश ये भाई राज्यसे वंचित हुए और वनमें भी गये। मेरे ही कारण कृष्णाको भरी सभामें अपमानका कष्ट भोगना पड़ा

Transliteration

matkṛte bhrātṛ-sauhārdād rājya-bhraṣṭā vanaṃ gatāḥ | parikliṣṭā tathā kṛṣṇā matkṛte madhusūdana ||

Translation

సంజయుడు అన్నాడు— “మధుసూదన! నా కోసమే—సోదరస్నేహవశాత్—ఈ సోదరులు రాజ్యాన్ని కోల్పోయి వనానికి వెళ్లారు. అలాగే నా కారణంగానే కృష్ణా (ద్రౌపది) కూడా నిండుసభలో అవమానము, వేదన అనుభవించింది।”

Word by Word

• मत्कृते: for my sake / because of me
• मत्कृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् + कृते (कृत)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भ्रातृसौहार्दात्: from brotherly affection
• भ्रातृसौहार्दात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृसौहार्द
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• राज्य: kingdom
• राज्य: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भ्रष्टाः: deprived / fallen (from)
• भ्रष्टाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भ्रष्ट (भ्रंश्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वनम्: to the forest
• वनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गताः: gone
• गताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गत (गम्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परिक्लिष्टा: afflicted / distressed
• परिक्लिष्टा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परिक्लिष्ट (क्लिश्)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: also / likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• कृष्णा: Krishnaa (Draupadi)
• कृष्णा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मत्कृते: for my sake / because of me
• मत्कृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् + कृते (कृत)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मधुसूदन: O slayer of Madhu (Krishna)
• मधुसूदन: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुसूदन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)
• the brothers (Pāṇḍavas, implied)
• forest (vana)
• assembly hall (sabhā, implied)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights moral accountability: one should recognize how personal choices and attachments can cause harm to others. It frames ethical remorse—acknowledging that loyalty or partiality can lead to injustice (loss of kingdom, exile) and the suffering of the innocent (Draupadī’s humiliation).

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a lament-like statement addressed to Kṛṣṇa (Madhusūdana), confessing that ‘because of me’ the brothers (the Pāṇḍavas) lost their kingdom and went to the forest, and Draupadī suffered humiliation in the royal assembly—recalling the chain of events that culminates in the Kurukṣetra war.