Shloka 29
अध्याय ९ — दुर्योधनस्य अन्त्यावस्था, विलापः, तथा सौप्तिक-प्रतिवृत्तम्
Duryodhana’s Final Condition, Lamentation, and the Night’s Report
दुर्योधन न शोचामि त्वामहं पुरुषर्षभ । हतपुत्रौ तु शोचामि गान्धारीं पितरं च ते
sañjaya uvāca | duryodhana na śocāmi tvām ahaṃ puruṣarṣabha | hataputrāu tu śocāmi gāndhārīṃ pitaraṃ ca te ||
Wika ni Sanjaya: “O Duryodhana, toro sa mga tao! Hindi ako nagdadalamhati para sa iyo. Sa halip, dinadalamhati ko si Gandhari at ang iyong ama na si Dhritarashtra—na nawalan ng lahat ng anak na lalaki—na ngayo’y kailangang tiisin ang mabigat na bunga ng digmaang ito.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights moral and emotional accountability: the true weight of wrongdoing in war is not only the fall of the wrongdoer, but the suffering imposed on innocents—here, the parents who must live with the loss of all their sons.
Sañjaya addresses Duryodhana and states that he does not mourn Duryodhana himself; instead, he mourns Gāndhārī and Dhṛtarāṣṭra, who are now bereaved of their sons in the wake of the Kurukṣetra war.