Mahabharata — Stree Parva, Shloka 12

स्त्रीपर्व १: धृतराष्ट्रशोकः संजयाश्वासनं च

Strī Parva 1: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament and Saṃjaya’s Consolation

Devanagari script

हृतराज्यो हतबन्धुर्हतचक्षुश्व वै तथा । न भ्राजिष्ये महाप्राज्ञ क्षीणरश्मिरिवांशुमान्‌

Transliteration

hṛtarājyo hatabandhur hata-cakṣuś ca vai tathā | na bhrājiṣye mahāprājña kṣīṇa-raśmir ivāṃśumān ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra nói: “Bị tước mất vương quyền, thân tộc bị giết, và cả thị lực cũng tiêu tan, ô bậc đại trí! Từ nay ta sẽ chẳng còn rạng ngời nữa—như mặt trời đã cạn kiệt tia sáng.”

Word by Word

• हृतराज्यः: one whose kingdom has been taken away
• हृतराज्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृतराज्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हतबन्धुः: one whose kinsmen are slain
• हतबन्धुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हतबन्धु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हतचक्षुः: one whose eyes are destroyed (blind)
• हतचक्षुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हतचक्षु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• तथा: thus; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• भ्राजिष्ये: I shall shine
• Type: Verb
• Root: भ्राज्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Atmanepada

• महाप्राज्ञ: O very wise one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाप्राज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• क्षीणरश्मिः: having weakened rays
• क्षीणरश्मिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षीणरश्मि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like; as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अंशुमान्: the sun (the radiant one)
• अंशुमान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंशुमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• the sun (aṃśumān)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the fragility of worldly power and splendor: when dharma is shattered by war and kin-slaying, external sovereignty and inner radiance both collapse, leaving the ruler morally and emotionally diminished.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the opening of the Strī Parva, Dhṛtarāṣṭra voices his devastation after the Kurukṣetra war—his kingdom is lost, his family line is destroyed, and he is overwhelmed by helplessness, comparing himself to a sun that can no longer shine.