Shloka 13

Devanagari script

अथाग्रजानन्तरज: पापभावानुरागवान्‌ | ज्येष्ठं दुःशासनस्तत्र भ्राता भ्रातरमब्रवीत्‌,तदनन्तर सदा पापभावनामें अनुरक्त रहनेवाला दुर्योधनसे छोटा भाई दुःशासन अपने बड़े भाईसे बोला--

Transliteration

athāgrajānantara-jaḥ pāpabhāvānurāgavān | jyeṣṭhaṃ duḥśāsanas tatra bhrātā bhrātaram abravīt ||

Translation

Pagkaraan, si Duḥśāsana—ang nakababatang kapatid na isinilang matapos ang panganay, at laging nakakapit sa masamang hilig—ay nagsalita roon sa kanyang nakatatandang kapatid. Ipinakikita ng salaysay na ang nakagawiang pagkasira ng asal at ang pagkiling sa loob ng angkan ang nagtutulak sa mapaminsalang payo at lalo pang nagpapalalim sa adharma.

Word by Word

अथthen

अग्रज-अनन्तरजःthe younger brother of the elder (i.e., the one born after the elder)

पापभाव-अनुरागवान्having attachment to evil-mindedness

ज्येष्ठम्the eldest (brother)

दुःशासनःDuhshasana

तत्रthere

भ्राताthe brother

भ्रातरम्to (his) brother

अब्रवीत्said/spoke

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Duḥśāsana

Duryodhana

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?

The verse frames Duḥśāsana as driven by pāpa-bhāva (a corrupt moral disposition) and attachment, implying that counsel arising from such inner tendencies leads one’s community—especially family—toward adharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Duḥśāsana, Duryodhana’s younger brother, speaks to his elder brother, setting up the content of his advice or provocation in the surrounding passage.