Shloka 52

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

Devanagari script

त्वं चैव कुरुशार्टूल गान्धारी च यशस्विनी

Transliteration

tvaṃ caiva kuruśārṭūla gāndhārī ca yaśasvinī

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు అన్నాడు—మీరూ, ఓ కురువంశపు వ్యాఘ్రా, అలాగే యశస్విని గాంధారీ కూడా…

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• कुरुशार्दूल: O tiger among the Kurus (best of the Kurus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुशार्दूल
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• गान्धारी: Gandhari
• गान्धारी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गान्धारी
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यशस्विनी: renowned/glorious
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस्विन्
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kuru (lineage)
• Gāndhārī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line models dharmic speech in crisis: even amid the devastation of war, the narrator addresses elders and the bereaved with honorific restraint, reminding the listener that dignity and ethical regard should not collapse under grief.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues his report by directly addressing a leading Kuru (commonly Dhṛtarāṣṭra) and also naming Gāndhārī, indicating that the ensuing statement concerns them both in the post-battle context of the Shalya Parva.