Shloka 333
अध्याय ९ — दुर्योधनस्य अन्त्यावस्था, विलापः, तथा सौप्तिक-प्रतिवृत्तम्
Duryodhana’s Final Condition, Lamentation, and the Night’s Report
प्रज्ञाचक्षुश्न दुर्धर्ष: कां गतिं प्रतिपत्स्यते । जिनके सभी पुत्र, कुटुम्बी और भाई-बन्धु मारे जा चुके हैं, वे माता गान्धारी तथा प्रज्ञाचक्षु दुर्जय राजा धृतराष्ट्र अब किस दशाको प्राप्त होंगे?
prajñācakṣuś ca durdharṣaḥ kāṃ gatiṃ pratipatsyate | yeṣāṃ sarve putrāḥ kuṭumbinaś ca bhrātaraś ca bandhavaś ca hatāḥ, te mātā gāndhārī ca prajñācakṣuḥ durjayo rājā dhṛtarāṣṭraś ca idānīṃ kāṃ daśāṃ prāpsyataḥ ||
三阇耶说道：“那位有智慧却失明、难以战胜的国王，如今将走向何等归宿？当他们的诸子、宗亲、兄弟与盟友尽皆被杀之后，母亲甘陀梨与那心智澄明却目不能视、不可征服的持国王，现在将陷入何种境地？”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral and psychological aftermath of adharma-driven conflict: even the powerful are reduced to uncertainty and suffering when kinship bonds are destroyed. It points to the ethical cost of war—grief, accountability, and the inescapable consequences of choices.
After the catastrophic losses of the Kuru war and the night massacre context of the Sauptika Parva, Sanjaya reflects on the devastated royal elders. He wonders what state Gandhari and the blind yet discerning King Dhritarashtra will now enter, with their sons and relatives slain.