Shloka 44

Devanagari script

तान्‌ धारराष्ट्रान्‌ दुर्वत्तान्‌ मुमूर्षन्‌ कालनोदितान्‌ । गमयिष्यामि भूयिष्ठानहं वैवस्वतक्षयम्‌

Transliteration

tān dhārtarāṣṭrān durvṛttān mumūrṣūn kālanoditān | gamayiṣyāmi bhūyiṣṭhān ahaṃ vaivasvatakṣayam ||

Translation

Ipinahayag ni Nakula na ang mga anak ni Dhṛtarāṣṭra—mga taong tiwali ang asal, na itinutulak na ng Kāla (Panahon/Tadhana) at nakatuon sa kamatayan—ay ipapadala niya, sa napakarami, sa tahanan ni Yama (Vaivasvata).

Word by Word

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• धार्तराष्ट्रान्: the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Kauravas)
• धार्तराष्ट्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दुर्वृत्तान्: evil-conducted, wicked
• दुर्वृत्तान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्वृत्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• मुमूर्षन्: desiring to die / doomed to die
• मुमूर्षन्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुमूर्षु (√मृ)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कालनोदितान्: impelled by Time (Death)
• कालनोदितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काल-नोदित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• गमयिष्यामि: I shall cause (them) to go / I shall send
• गमयिष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (गमयति, causative)
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भूयिष्ठान्: most (of them), the majority
• भूयिष्ठान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूयिष्ठ (superlative of बहु)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• वैवस्वतक्षयम्: the abode/realm of Vaivasvata (Yama), i.e., death
• वैवस्वतक्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैवस्वत-क्षय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula
• Dhārtarāṣṭras (Kauravas; sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• Kāla (Time/Death as cosmic force)
• Vaivasvata (Yama)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links moral failure (durvṛtta—corrupt conduct) with inevitable consequence under Kāla (Time). It presents downfall as both ethical retribution and destiny’s pressure, while emphasizing personal resolve to uphold one’s duty in a righteous struggle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nakula makes a forceful declaration against the Dhārtarāṣṭras (Kauravas), stating that he will send many of them to Vaivasvata’s abode—i.e., to death—portraying them as already driven toward destruction by Time.