Shloka 32

Devanagari script

मम पुत्रेण मूढेन पापेनाकृतबुद्धिना

Transliteration

mama putreṇa mūḍhena pāpenākṛtabuddhinā

Translation

میرے بیٹے کے ہاتھوں—جو گمراہ، گنہگار اور درست فہم سے محروم ہے—…

Word by Word

• मम: of me / my
• मम: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• पुत्रेण: by (my) son
• पुत्रेण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• मूढेन: foolish / deluded
• मूढेन: विशेषण (करणस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूढ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• पापेन: sinful / wicked
• पापेन: विशेषण (करणस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अकृतबुद्धिना: of unformed/undeveloped understanding; thoughtless
• अकृतबुद्धिना: विशेषण (करणस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकृतबुद्धि
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• mama putra (the speaker’s son; contextually Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son Duryodhana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line frames ethical failure as rooted in delusion and defective judgment: when a leader (or heir) is mūḍha and akṛtabuddhi, sinful action follows and brings ruin, prompting later remorse. It underscores personal accountability and the necessity of wise discernment (buddhi) in dharmic conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates a lamenting reflection in which the speaker refers to “my son” as deluded and sinful, setting up an explanation of how that son’s misguided choices led to grievous outcomes. The phrase functions as a self-reproachful attribution of the catastrophe to the son’s moral and intellectual failings.