Shloka 686

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

Devanagari script

पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्ता गान्धारी प्ररुरोद ह | इतनी बात कहकर पुत्रशोकसे संतप्त हुई गान्धारी देवी अपने मुखको आँचलसे ढककर फूट-फूटकर रोने लगीं

Transliteration

putraśokābhisaṃtaptā gāndhārī praruroda ha |

Translation

పుత్రశోకంతో దగ్ధమైన గాంధారీ విరిగి కన్నీళ్లు పెట్టుకుంది. ఆ మాటలు విన్న వెంటనే ఆమె అంచలంతో ముఖం కప్పుకొని ఆర్తిగా విలపిస్తూ ఫూట్-ఫూట్‌గా ఏడ్చింది.

Word by Word

• पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्ता: afflicted by grief for her son
• पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्ता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र-शोक-अभि-संतप्त (संतप् धातु से क्त)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गान्धारी: Gandhārī
• गान्धारी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गान्धारी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• प्ररुरोद: wept, cried aloud
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ह: indeed (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Gāndhārī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the human cost of war and the inevitable suffering that follows collective wrongdoing: even royal power cannot shield one from the karmic and emotional consequences of adharma, especially as seen in a mother’s grief.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that Gāndhārī, stricken by sorrow for her sons, breaks into intense weeping, marking a moment of raw lamentation in the aftermath of the Kurukṣetra devastation.