Shloka 7

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Anxiety and Sañjaya’s Report on the Pandavas’ Coalition

Kāmyaka Context

Devanagari script

मम पुत्रा दुरात्मान: सर्वे मृत्युवशानुगा: । येषां युद्ध दुराधर्षै: पाण्डवै: प्रत्युपस्थितम्‌,मेरे सभी दुरात्मा पुत्र मृत्युके वशमें हो गये हैं; क्योंकि उनके सामने दुर्धर्ष वीर पाण्डवोंके साथ युद्ध करनेका अवसर उपस्थित हुआ है

Transliteration

mama putrā durātmānaḥ sarve mṛtyuvaśānugāḥ | yeṣāṃ yuddhaṃ durādharṣaiḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ pratyupasthitam ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను— నా దురాత్ములైన కుమారులందరూ మృత్యువశమయ్యారు; ఎందుకంటే వారి ముందర దుర్ధర్ష పాండవులతో యుద్ధావకాశం ప్రత్యక్షమైంది.

Word by Word

ममmy

पुत्राःsons

दुरात्मानःevil-souled, wicked

सर्वेall

मृत्युवशानुगाःfollowing the sway of death; under death’s control

येषाम्of whom; whose

युद्धम्battle, war

दुराधर्षैःwith the hard-to-overcome (ones)

पाण्डवैःwith the Pandavas

प्रत्युपस्थितम्has presented itself; has arisen (before them)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

sons (of the speaker)

Mṛtyu (Death, personified)

Pāṇḍavas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames unethical intent (durātman) as leading toward destruction: when one chooses hostility against the righteous and formidable, one effectively places oneself under Death’s dominion. It highlights the moral causality linking adharma, reckless aggression, and inevitable ruin.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker (Vaiśampāyana, narrating) states that the speaker’s sons have become destined for death because a confrontation—battle with the hard-to-defeat Pāṇḍavas—has now arisen before them.