Mahabharata · 7.75.27
॥
Devanāgarī
सिन्धुराजस्य यत् कृत्यं गतस्य यमसादनम् ॥
तत् करोतु वृथादृष्टिर् धार्तराष्ट्रो ऽनुपायवित् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sindhurājasya yat kṛtyaṃ gatasya yamasādanam ||
tat karotu vṛthādṛṣṭir dhārtarāṣṭro 'nupāyavit ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सिन्धुराजस्य यत् कृत्यम्sindhurājasya yat kṛtyamwhat must [be done for] the king of Sindhu; what must be done for the Sindhu king
गतस्य यमसादनम्gatasya yamasādanam[already] gone to the abode of Yama; already gone to the abode of Yama
तत् करोतु वृथादृष्टिःtat karotu vṛthādṛṣṭiḥlet that be done by [this] vainly-seeing one; let that be done by the vainly-seeing one
धार्तराष्ट्रः अनुपायवित्dhārtarāṣṭraḥ anupāyavitthe son of Dhritarashtra, who knows no [true] means; the son of Dhritarashtra, who knows no means
Translation
'Whatever must be done for the king of Sindhu, already gone to the abode of Yama — let that be done by this vainly-seeing son of Dhritarashtra, who knows no true means.'
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b52e35aa93ad · published Jul 19, 2026, 3:52:56 PM UTC
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A bitter verdict on Duryodhana: 'vṛthādṛṣṭiḥ... anupāyavit,' 'vainly-seeing, knowing no means.' Jayadratha, for them, is already 'gatasya yamasādanam,' gone to Yama — doomed. It is telling that even his own men consider Duryodhana a blind man without true paths. The verse teaches that a wrongful leader sees 'in vain': having eyes, he does not see true means and leads everyone to ruin; and care for saving one doomed by wrongdoing is futile — for what has been decreed by fate and by the Lord cannot be averted by any 'means' of blind obstinacy.