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Shloka 31

सौप्तिकपर्व — धृष्टद्युम्नसारथिवृत्तान्तः

Report of the Night Raid and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament

Devanagari script

स तांस्तु दृष्टवा भृशमार्तरूपो युधिष्ठिरो धर्मभृतां वरिष्ठ: । उच्चै: प्रचुक्रोश च कौरवाग्रय: पपात चोर्व्या सगणो विसंज्ञ:

Transliteration

sa tāṁstu dṛṣṭvā bhṛśamārtarūpo yudhiṣṭhiro dharmabhṛtāṁ variṣṭhaḥ | uccaiḥ pracukrośa ca kauravāgryaḥ papāta corvyā sagaṇo visaṁjñaḥ ||

Translation

Seeing them thus, Yudhiṣṭhira—foremost among the upholders of dharma—was overwhelmed with acute anguish. The chief of the Kaurus cried out loudly and, together with his attendants, collapsed upon the earth, senseless. The verse underscores how even the most steadfastly righteous are shaken when confronted with the catastrophic moral and human cost of war.

Word by Word

सःhe

तान्them

तुbut/indeed

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

भृशम्greatly/exceedingly

आर्तरूपःhaving a distressed appearance

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

धर्मभृताम्of the upholders of dharma

वरिष्ठःthe foremost

उच्चैःaloud

प्रचुक्रोशcried out

चand

कौरवाग्रयःthe foremost of the Kauravas

पपातfell

चand

उर्व्याम्on the ground/earth

सगणःtogether with his attendants

विसंज्ञःunconscious

Speaker

सूत उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sūta (narrator)

Yudhiṣṭhira

Kauravas/Kuru lineage

Earth (urvī)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes