Shloka 11

Devanagari script

योडसौ राजा घृणी नित्य धार्तराष्ट्रबु भारत । निकृत्या भ्रंशित: क्रोधान्नोन्मीलयति लोचने

Transliteration

yo 'sau rājā ghṛṇī nityaṃ dhārtarāṣṭraṃ bharata | nikṛtyā bhraṃśitaḥ krodhān nonmīlayati locane ||

Translation

วิทุระกล่าวว่า “โอ้ ธฤตราษฏระ โอ้ ภารตะ! กษัตริย์ผู้นั้นเปี่ยมด้วยเมตตาเสมอมา แต่ถูกกลอุบายทำให้หลุดจากทางอันชอบธรรม ด้วยความพิโรธเขาจึงไม่ยอมแม้แต่จะลืมตา”

Word by Word

यःwho

असौthat (man)

राजाking

घृणीcompassionate, kind

नित्यalways, constant

धार्तराष्ट्रःDhritarashtra (son of Dhritarashtra)

भारतO Bharata

निकृत्याby deceit, by treachery

भ्रंशितःmade to fall, overthrown, ruined

क्रोधात्from anger, out of anger

नnot

उन्मीलयतिopens (fully)

लोचनेeyes

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Bharata (Kuru lineage/epithet)

the king (rājā; contextually a referenced ruler)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Vidura highlights how deceit (nikṛti) and anger (krodha) can overthrow even a naturally compassionate ruler, producing a kind of moral blindness—symbolized by refusing to open the eyes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vidura addresses Dhṛtarāṣṭra (also called Bharata as a dynastic epithet) and comments on a king’s condition: though compassionate by nature, he has been destabilized by treachery and now, in anger, will not ‘open his eyes,’ implying refusal to see reason or truth.