Shloka 9

स्वर्गे दुर्योधनदर्शनम् | Duryodhana Seen in Heaven

Triviṣṭapa

Devanagari script

फिर उच्चस्वरसे उन सब लोगोंसे बोले--'देवताओ! जिसके कारण हमने अपने समस्त सुहृदों और बन्धुओंका हठपूर्वक युद्धमें संहार कर डाला और सारी पृथ्वी उजाड़ डाली

Transliteration

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca—tata uccaiḥsvarena te sarvebhyaḥ prāha—“devāḥ! yena kāraṇena vayaṃ sarvān suhṛdo bandhūṃś ca haṭhena yuddhe nihatyākhilāṃ pṛthivīm ujjhāritavantaḥ; yaḥ pūrvaṃ mahati vane asmān mahākleśam anayat; yaś ca nirdoṣāṅgīṃ dharmaparāyaṇāṃ patnīṃ pāñcālarājakumārīṃ draupadīṃ guru-sannidhau bhari sabhāyāṃ ākṛṣya ānītavān—tena lobhinā adūradarśinā duryodhanena saha tiṣṭhan aham etān puṇyalokān prāptum icchāmi na.”

Translation

毗舍波耶那说：于是他提高声音，对众人说道：“诸天啊！正因那人，我们执拗地在战争中屠戮了所有亲友族亲，使大地尽成荒芜；先前也是那人，使我们在大森林里饱受沉重苦难；又是那人，将我们无瑕肢体、笃守达摩的妻子——般遮罗王之女德劳帕蒂——在长者面前拖入拥挤的大会。与那贪婪而短视的都律约陀那为伍，我不愿得此等功德天界。”

Word by Word

• punar: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar

• uccasvarena: with a loud voice
• uccasvarena: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: uccasvara
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• tān: them
• tān: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• janān: people
• janān: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• uvāca: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac
• Form: perfect, third, singular, active

• devāḥ: O gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva
• Form: masculine, vocative, plural

• yasya: of whom/whose
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• kāraṇāt: because of; due to
• kāraṇāt: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: nominative, plural

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• suhṛdaḥ: friends/well-wishers
• suhṛdaḥ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: suhṛd
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• bandhūn: kinsmen/relatives
• bandhūn: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: bandhu
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

• yuddhe: in battle
• yuddhe: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuddha
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• haṭhapūrvam: stubbornly; forcibly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: haṭhapūrva

• jaghānumaḥ: we slew
• Type: Verb
• Root: han
• Form: perfect, first, plural, active

• pṛthivīm: the earth
• pṛthivīm: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• sarvām: entire
• sarvām: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• ujjhitām: laid waste; abandoned
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ujjhita
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• cakāra: made/did
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ
• Form: perfect, third, singular, active

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• pūrvam: formerly; earlier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrva

• asmān: us
• asmān: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: accusative, plural

• mahati: in great
• mahati: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• vane: in the forest
• vane: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• mahāntam: great
• mahāntam: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• kleśam: distress; suffering
• kleśam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: kleśa
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• prāpayāmāsa: caused to reach; inflicted
• Type: Verb
• Root: prāp
• Form: perfect (periphrastic), third, singular, causative active

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• doṣarahitām: faultless; innocent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: doṣarahita
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• aṅgavatīm: having limbs (beautiful-limbed)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṅgavatī
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• asmākam: our
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: genitive, plural

• dharmaparāyaṇām: devoted to dharma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dharmaparāyaṇa
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• patnīm: wife
• patnīm: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: patnī
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• pāñcālarājakumārīm: the princess of the king of Pāñcāla
• pāñcālarājakumārīm: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāñcālarājakumārī
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• draupadīm: Draupadī
• draupadīm: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: draupadī
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• sabhāyām: in the assembly hall
• sabhāyām: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: sabhā
• Form: feminine, locative, singular

• pūrṇāyām: full (crowded)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrṇa
• Form: feminine, locative, singular

• gurūṇām: of elders/teachers
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• samīpe: near; in the presence of
• samīpe: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: samīpa
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• ākarṣayat: dragged (caused to be pulled)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛṣ
• Form: imperfect, third, singular, causative active

• tam: that (man)
• tam: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• lobhinam: greedy
• Type: Adjective
• Root: lobhin
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• adūradarśinam: short-sighted; lacking foresight
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adūradarśin
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• duryodhanam: Duryodhana
• duryodhanam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: duryodhana
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• saha: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha

• tasya: with him/of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• saha: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha

• tiṣṭhan: staying; remaining
• tiṣṭhan: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā
• Form: śatṛ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, singular

• aham: I
• aham: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: nominative, singular

• imān: these
• imān: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• puṇyalokān: meritorious worlds (heavenly realms)
• puṇyalokān: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇyaloka
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• prāptum: to obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: prāp
• Form: tumun (infinitive)

• icchāmi: I desire
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ
• Form: present, first, singular, active

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Devas (gods)
• Duryodhana
• Draupadī
• Pāñcāla
• royal assembly (sabhā)
• elders/teachers (gurus)
• the great forest (vana)
• heavenly/meritorious worlds (puṇyalokāḥ)
• earth (pṛthivī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Heaven or merit is not desirable if it is morally compromised by association with greed and adharma. Ethical integrity and responsibility for harm done outweigh the allure of reward.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker recalls Duryodhana’s key wrongs—causing the war’s devastation, the exile’s suffering, and Draupadī’s public humiliation—and declares before the gods that he does not wish to attain heavenly worlds while remaining connected with Duryodhana.