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Shloka 110

अनुक्रमणिकाध्यायः (Anukramaṇikā Adhyāya) — Invocation, Narrator Frame, and Textual Scope

दुर्योधनो मन्युमयो महाद्रुम: स्कन्ध: कर्ण: शकुनिस्तस्य शाखा: । दुःशासन: पुष्पफले समद्धे मूलं राजा धृतराष्ट्रोडमनीषी,दुर्योधन क्रोधमय विशाल वृक्षके समान है। कर्ण स्कन्ध, शकुनि शाखा और दुःशासन समृद्ध फल-पुष्प है। अज्ञानी राजा धृतराष्ट्र ही इसके मूल हैं-

duryodhano manyumayo mahādrumaḥ skandhaḥ karṇaḥ śakunistasya śākhāḥ | duḥśāsanaḥ puṣpaphale samṛddhe mūlaṃ rājā dhṛtarāṣṭro ’dhamanīṣī ||

ทุรโยธนะดุจพฤกษาใหญ่ที่ก่อขึ้นด้วยโทสะ; กรรณะเป็นลำต้น ศกุนิเป็นกิ่งก้าน และทุศาสนะเป็นดอกและผลอันดกดื่น รากของพฤกษานั้นคือพระเจ้าธฤตราษฏระ ผู้มีปัญญาอันต่ำทราม

दुर्योधनःDuryodhana
दुर्योधनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्योधन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मन्युमयःmade of wrath; full of anger
मन्युमयः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमन्युमय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महाद्रुमःa great tree
महाद्रुमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहाद्रुम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स्कन्धःtrunk
स्कन्धः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्कन्ध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कर्णःKarna
कर्णः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकर्ण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शकुनिःShakuni
शकुनिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशकुनि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तस्यof him/its
तस्य:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
शाखाःbranches
शाखाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशाखा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
दुःशासनःDuhshasana
दुःशासनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदुःशासन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुष्पफलेflowers and fruits
पुष्पफले:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुष्पफल
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Dual
समृद्धेabundant; well-developed
समृद्धे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसमृद्ध
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Dual
मूलम्root
मूलम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमूल
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
राजाking
राजा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धृतराष्ट्रःDhritarashtra
धृतराष्ट्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधृतराष्ट्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दुर्मनीषीof evil understanding; foolish-minded
दुर्मनीषी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदुर्मनीषिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
D
Duryodhana
K
Karna
S
Shakuni
D
Duhshasana
D
Dhritarashtra

Educational Q&A

Unchecked anger and unethical counsel grow into a destructive force; when a ruler lacks discernment and enables wrongdoing, he becomes the ‘root cause’ that sustains and nourishes collective adharma.

The verse uses an extended metaphor of a tree to characterize the Kaurava faction: Duryodhana as wrath itself, supported by key allies (Karna, Shakuni, Duhshasana), with Dhritarashtra’s misguided judgment presented as the underlying foundation that allows this hostile power to flourish.