Shloka 31

अध्याय ९ — दुर्योधनस्य अन्त्यावस्था, विलापः, तथा सौप्तिक-प्रतिवृत्तम्

Duryodhana’s Final Condition, Lamentation, and the Night’s Report

Devanagari script

पाण्डवाश्षापि ते सर्वे कि वक्ष्यन्ति नराधिप

Transliteration

Pāṇḍavāś cāpi te sarve kiṁ vakṣyanti narādhipa?

Translation

三阇耶说道：“而那些般度五子，噢大王，将对你说些什么呢？”

Word by Word

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अपि: also / even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वक्ष्यन्ति: will say
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• नराधिप: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Narādhipa (the king, Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• Pāṇḍavas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights moral accountability after violence: a ruler must face not only outcomes but also the judgment and response of those harmed—here, the surviving Pāṇḍavas—underscoring the ethical weight of decisions made in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses Dhṛtarāṣṭra, anticipating the Pāṇḍavas’ response in the wake of the night massacre described in the Sauptika Parva, and presses the king to consider how the victors and survivors will speak and react.