Mahabharata 11.1.156 — Stree Parva, Adhyaya 1, Shloka 156

स्त्रीपर्व १: धृतराष्ट्रशोकः संजयाश्वासनं च

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

Devanagari script

दुर्योधनस्य च तथा वृषभस्येव नर्दतः । हाय! अब मैं भीष्मजीकी धर्मयुक्त बात नहीं सुन सकूँगा। साँड़के समान गर्जनेवाले दुर्योधनके वीरोचित वचन भी अब मेरे कानोंमें नहीं पड़ सकेंगे

Transliteration

duryodhanasya ca tathā vṛṣabhasyeva nardataḥ | hāya! aba maiṁ bhīṣmajīkī dharmayukta bāta nahīṁ suna sakūṁgā | sāṁṛake samāna garjanevāle duryodhanake vīrocita vacana bhī aba mere kānoṁmeṁ nahīṁ paṛa sakeṁge |

Translation

持国王哀叹道：“唉！我再也听不到毗湿摩那立于法（dharma）之上的言语了；杜尤陀那那如公牛般咆哮的英雄之辞，也将永不再入我耳。”

Word by Word

• दुर्योधनस्य: of Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• तथा: likewise/so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• वृषभस्य: of a bull
• वृषभस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• नर्दतः: of (one) roaring
• नर्दतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नर्दत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Duryodhana
• Bhīṣma
• Bull (vṛṣabha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical cost of adharma-driven conflict: even powerful voices—Bhīṣma’s dharma-counsel and Duryodhana’s heroic bravado—end in silence. It points to grief and regret that arise when moral guidance is ignored and war consumes one’s own kin.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Strī Parva’s opening lamentations after the war, Dhṛtarāṣṭra mourns the dead and the irreversible loss of those he once heard and relied upon. He reflects that he will no longer hear Bhīṣma’s righteous counsel nor Duryodhana’s bull-like roaring speeches.