Mahābhārata · 1.197.29
॥
Devanāgarī
उक्तम् एतन् मया राजन् पुरा गुणवतस् तव ॥
दुर्योधनापराधेन प्रजेयं विनशिष्यति ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
uktam etan mayā rājan purā guṇavatas tava ||
duryodhanāparādhena prajeyaṃ vinaśiṣyati ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
उक्तम् एतत् मया राजन् पुरा गुणवतः तवuktam etat mayā rājan purā guṇavataḥ tavathis was said by me, O king, to you, once virtuous,
दुर्योधनापराधेन प्रजा इयं विनशिष्यतिduryodhanāparādhena prajā iyaṃ vinaśiṣyatiby Duryodhana's fault this people will perish";
एतन्etanoriginal form "etan", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
गुणवतस्guṇavatasoriginal form "guṇavatas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्रजेयंprajeyaṃoriginal form "prajeyaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Traducción
"This was said by me, O king, to you, once virtuous: by Duryodhana's fault this people will perish."
Versión
f880e3f352ae · publicado 12 jul 2026, 17:54:01 UTC
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Here Vidura repeats his grim prophecy of ruin. Telling is his phrase "once virtuous" — a hint that the king has fallen from his former righteousness by indulging his son. Here is the sorrow of the righteous man, clearly foreseeing the devastation that unchecked adharma will bring. Thus the verse presents Vidura's repeated warning, and, rejected, it becomes the sentence fulfilled on Kurukshetra.