Shloka 49

Duryodhana’s Post-Duel Lament and Instructions (भग्नसक्थस्य विलापः)

Devanagari script

मा च दोषान्‌ महाप्राज्ञ पाण्डवेषु निवेशय । अल्पो>प्यतिक्रमो नास्ति पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम्‌

Transliteration

mā ca doṣān mahāprājña pāṇḍaveṣu niveśaya | alpo 'py atikramaḥ nāsti pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām ||

Translation

ఓ మహాప్రాజ్ఞా, పాండవులపై దోషాలు మోపవద్దు. ఆ మహాత్ములైన పాండవుల్లో స్వల్పమైన అతిక్రమమూ లేదు.

Word by Word

माdo not (prohibitive particle)

चand

दोषान्faults, दोष

महाप्राज्ञO very wise one

पाण्डवेषुamong/in the Pandavas

निवेशयplace, attribute, impute

अल्पःsmall, slight

अपिeven

अतिक्रमःtransgression, offence

नnot

अस्तिis, exists

पाण्डवानाम्of the Pandavas

महात्मनाम्of the great-souled (ones)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Do not hastily assign blame to the righteous; true nobility is marked by restraint and adherence to dharma, so even minor wrongdoing should not be presumed without cause.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, narrating the events, defends the moral standing of the Pāṇḍavas and cautions a listener not to project faults onto them, asserting their conduct is free from even slight transgression.