Shloka 33

Devanagari script

हतपुत्रा हि गान्धारी निहतज्ञातिबान्धवा

Transliteration

hataputrā hi gāndhārī nihatajñātibāndhavā

Translation

Sañjaya nói: Quả thật Gandhārī đã mất hết các con trai, và bà con thân thuộc cùng quyến thuộc của nàng cũng đều bị giết—một hình ảnh tang tóc tuyệt đối, phơi bày cái giá nhân sinh của thù hận và chiến tranh.

Word by Word

• हतपुत्रा: she whose sons are slain (bereft of sons)
• हतपुत्रा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत-पुत्र
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• गान्धारी: Gandhārī
• गान्धारी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गान्धारी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• निहतज्ञातिबान्धवा: she whose kinsmen and relatives are slain (bereft of kin and friends)
• निहतज्ञातिबान्धवा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निहत-ज्ञाति-बान्धव
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• गान्धारी (Gāndhārī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the ethical aftermath of war: victory and revenge culminate in irreversible loss—especially the collapse of family bonds—inviting reflection on the moral cost of violence and the tragedy of hatred sustained over time.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Gandhārī’s condition after the slaughter: she is portrayed as utterly bereaved, having lost her sons and her wider circle of kin and relations, setting the tone for mourning and the reckoning that follows the night’s atrocities.