Mahābhārata · 7.32.20–21
॥
Devanāgarī
वयं परमसंहृष्टाः पाण्डवाः शोककर्शिताः ॥
सौभद्रे निहते राजन्न् अवहारम् अकुर्वत ॥
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच
पुत्रं पुरुषसिंहस्य संजयाप्राप्तयौवनम् ॥
रणे विनिहतं श्रुत्वा भृशं मे दीर्यते मनः ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
vayaṃ paramasaṃhṛṣṭāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ śokakarśitāḥ ||
saubhadre nihate rājann avahāram akurvata ||
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
putraṃ puruṣasiṃhasya saṃjayāprāptayauvanam ||
raṇe vinihataṃ śrutvā bhṛśaṃ me dīryate manaḥ ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
वयम्vayamwe; we
परमसंहृष्टाःparamasaṃhṛṣṭāḥutterly delighted; utterly delighted
पाण्डवाःpāṇḍavāḥthe Pandavas; [while] the Pandavas
शोककर्शिताःśokakarśitāḥworn out with grief; worn out with grief
सौभद्रेsaubhadre[when] the son of Subhadra [Abhimanyu]; [when] the son of Subhadra
निहतेnihate[when] was slain [struck down]; [was] struck down
राजन्rājanO king; O sovereign
अवहारम्avahāramretreat [withdrawal]; retreat
अकुर्वतakurvatamade; made
पुत्रम्putramthe son [about the son]; [about the] son
पुरुषसिंहस्यpuruṣasiṃhasyaof the man-lion [Arjuna]; of the man-lion [Arjuna]
संजयsaṃjayaO Sanjaya; O Sanjaya
अप्राप्तयौवनम्aprāptayauvanamnot yet come to youth [a boy]; not yet come to youth
रणेraṇein battle; in battle
विनिहतम्vinihatamstruck down [slain]; struck down
श्रुत्वाśrutvāhaving heard; having heard
भृशम्bhṛśamgreatly [firmly]; sorely
मेmemy [in me]; in me
दीर्यतेdīryateis torn [rends]; is rent
मनःmanaḥheart [mind]; heart
Traducción
"We were utterly delighted, while the Pandavas, worn out with grief when the son of Subhadra was struck down, O sovereign, made a retreat. Having heard of the son of the man-lion [Arjuna], O Sanjaya, not yet come to youth, struck down in battle, my heart is sorely rent."
Versión
0aca8192d9e1 · publicado 19 jul 2026, 15:22:09 UTC
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Even Dhritarashtra, father of the Pandavas' enemies, whose "heart is rent" at the news of Abhimanyu's death — a boy "not yet come to youth." Thus it is shown that there is a grief surpassing enmity: the death of a child touches even the heart of an adversary. Telling is that the tradition places this sorrow in the mouth of one to whom victory over the Pandavas is advantageous — some deeds shake even an accomplice. The verse teaches that the death of a child is a grief before which all enmity falls silent; that in a person, however partial he may be, there lives still the capacity to shudder before the unjust death of the innocent; and that conscience, muffled though it is by advantage and love for one's own son, still speaks where wickedness crosses the final line — the murder of a boy by many men.