महाभारत · 1.1.159
॥
देवनागरी
तमसा त्व् अभ्यवस्तीर्णो मोह आविशतीव माम् ।
संज्ञां नोपलभे सूत मनो विह्वलतीव मे ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
tamasā tv abhyavastīrṇo moha āviśatīva mām |
saṃjñāṃ nopalabhe sūta mano vihvalatīva me ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
तमसाtamasādarkness; gloom
तुtuindeed; however
अभ्यवस्तीर्णःabhyavastīrṇaḥenveloped; overtaken
मोहःmohaḥdelusion; bewilderment
आविशति इवāviśati ivaas if entering, overtaking
माम्māmme
संज्ञाम्saṃjñāmconsciousness; self-possession
न उपलभेna upalabheI do not obtain; I cannot hold
सूतsūtaO suta (Sanjaya)
मनःmanaḥmind
विह्वलति इवvihvalati ivaas if it reels, grows faint
मेmemy; of me
त्व्tvoriginal form «tv», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
अभ्यवस्तीर्णोabhyavastīrṇooriginal form «abhyavastīrṇo», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
मोहmohaoriginal form «moha», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
आविशतीवāviśatīvaoriginal form «āviśatīva», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
संज्ञांsaṃjñāṃoriginal form «saṃjñāṃ», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
नोपलभेnopalabheoriginal form «nopalabhe», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
मनोmanooriginal form «mano», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
विह्वलतीवvihvalatīvaoriginal form «vihvalatīva», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
अनुवाद
Enveloped in darkness, I seem to be in the grip of delusion, O suta; I cannot hold on to my senses, and my mind seems to reel.
संस्करण
d12ee9329380 · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 2:16:08 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Thus ends Dhritarashtra's lament: on hearing the outcome of the war, he falls senseless — ‘enveloped in darkness’ by delusion (moha). This outer darkness is an image of his inner blindness: all his life, bound by attachment to his sons and never having found refuge in the Lord, he dwelt in the gloom of illusion, and now it engulfs him completely. He stands as the reverse example to Arjuna: Arjuna too fell into confusion on the battlefield, but turned to Krishna and found light; Dhritarashtra, never turning to the Lord, sinks into darkness. The lesson is clear: only the light of devotion dispels the gloom of moha; whoever clings to what is his own rather than to the Supreme remains in darkness.