Mahabharata 9.63.25 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 63, Shloka 25

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

Devanagari script

तस्या: प्रसादनं वीर प्राप्तकालं मतं मम । कश्च तां कोधताम्राक्षीं पुत्रव्यसनकर्शिताम्‌

Transliteration

tasyāḥ prasādanaṃ vīra prāptakālaṃ mataṃ mama | kaś ca tāṃ krodhatāmrākṣīṃ putravyasanakarśitām ||

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า “โอ้วีรบุรุษ ตามความเห็นของเรา บัดนี้เป็นกาลอันควรแก่การไปขอให้เธอคลายโทสะและได้ความโปรดปราน เพราะใครเล่าจะปลอบประโลมสตรีผู้นั้นได้—ผู้มีดวงตาแดงฉานด้วยความพิโรธ และถูกความวิบัติแห่งบุตรบีบคั้นจนร่วงโรย?”

Word by Word

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रसादनम्: appeasement, pacification
• प्रसादनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसादन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वीर: O hero
• वीर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्राप्तकालम्: timely, at the proper time
• प्राप्तकालम्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप्तकाल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मतम्: considered, thought
• मतम्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• कः: who
• कः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• क्रोधताम्राक्षीम्: whose eyes are reddened with anger
• क्रोधताम्राक्षीम्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोधताम्राक्षी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पुत्रव्यसनकर्शिताम्: worn down by the calamity of (her) son
• पुत्रव्यसनकर्शिताम्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्रव्यसनकर्शिता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores ethical prudence: when someone is overwhelmed by grief and anger, the proper response is timely conciliation rather than confrontation. It recognizes the psychological force of bereavement and advises choosing the right moment and method to restore calm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana offers counsel to a addressed ‘hero’: he judges that the present moment calls for appeasing a woman who is furious and deeply afflicted by her son’s misfortune, implying that her emotional state makes her difficult to pacify unless approached with tact and at the right time.