Shloka 316

Devanagari script

कथं दुर्योधनो5स्माभिहीत इत्यनपत्रपा: | “नरेश्वर! क्या वे समस्त पाण्डव भी निर्लज्ज होकर लोगोंके सामने कह सकेंगे कि “हमने दुर्योधनको किस प्रकार मारा था?”

Transliteration

kathaṁ duryodhano ’smābhir hīta iti anapatrapāḥ |

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า—“ข้าแต่นเรศวร! พวกปาณฑพจะไร้ยางอายถึงเพียงใด จึงจะกล่าวต่อหน้าผู้คนได้ว่า ‘เราฆ่าทุรโยธนะอย่างนี้’?”

Word by Word

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana (as the one spoken of / object of the statement)
• दुर्योधनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्माभिः: by us
• अस्माभिः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Plural

• हीतः: killed/slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: kta (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, passive/resultative

• इति: thus; 'that...'
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• अनपत्रपाः: shameless; without shame
• अनपत्रपाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनपत्रप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Pāṇḍavas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical weight of public conscience in dharma: even in war, actions must withstand moral scrutiny. Sañjaya frames Duryodhana’s death as something that invites shame, implying that victory gained through questionable means cannot be spoken of proudly before society.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the aftermath of the great war, Sañjaya reflects on the manner of Duryodhana’s killing and suggests that the Pāṇḍavas would be hard-pressed to describe it openly without disgrace. The remark points to controversy surrounding the circumstances of Duryodhana’s defeat.