महाभारत · 7.23.7–8
॥
देवनागरी
अर्धं मे केकया लब्धाः काशिकाः कोसलाश् च ये ॥
चेदयश् चापरे वङ्गा माम् एव समुपाश्रिताः ॥
पृथिवी भूयसी तात मम पार्थस्य नो तथा ॥
इति माम् अब्रवीत् सूत मन्दो दुर्योधनस् तदा ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
ardhaṃ me kekayā labdhāḥ kāśikāḥ kosalāś ca ye ||
cedayaś cāpare vaṅgā mām eva samupāśritāḥ ||
pṛthivī bhūyasī tāta mama pārthasya no tathā ||
iti mām abravīt sūta mando duryodhanas tadā ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
अर्धम्ardhamhalf; half [of the kings]
मेmeby me [mine]; by me
केकयाःkekayāḥthe Kekayas; the Kekayas
लब्धाःlabdhāḥwon [gained]; won
काशिकाःkāśikāḥthe Kashis [of Kashi]; the Kashis
कोसलाःkosalāḥthe Kosalas; the Kosalas
चcaand; —
येyewho [that]; that [there are]
चेदयःcedayaḥthe Chedis; the Chedis
चcaand; —
अपरेapareothers [the rest]; [and] the rest
वङ्गाःvaṅgāḥthe Vangas; the Vangas
माम् एवmām eva[to] me myself; [precisely] to me
समुपाश्रिताःsamupāśritāḥhave joined [gone over]; have joined
पृथिवीpṛthivīthe earth; the earth
भूयसीbhūyasīgreater; greater [part]
तातtātadear one [father]; father
ममmamais mine [I have]; mine
पार्थस्यpārthasyaof Partha [Partha has]; [while] Partha's
न तथाna tathānot so [not as much]; not as much
इतिitithus [so]; —
माम्māmto me; to me
अब्रवीत्abravītsaid [spoke]; spoke
सूतsūtaO suta [Sanjaya]; O narrator
मन्दःmandaḥfoolish [dull-witted]; foolish
दुर्योधनःduryodhanaḥDuryodhana
तदाtadāthen; then
अनुवाद
‘Half [of the kings] have been won by me — the Kekayas, the Kashis, and the Kosalas that there are, and the Chedis, and the rest, the Vangas, have joined precisely me. The earth for the greater part is mine, father, while Partha's is not as much’ — thus, O narrator, foolish Duryodhana spoke to me then.
संस्करण
204925962d6f · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 3:11:21 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Dhritarashtra bitterly recalls his son's boast: "half the kings are mine, the earth for the greater part is mine." Now, after the fall of the commanders, these calculations sound like mockery of his own overconfidence. The son is called "foolish" (manda) — the father at last sees what he did not wish to see before. It is telling that Duryodhana measured his rightness by the number of allies and the extent of lands — that is, by power, not by justice. The verse teaches that counting allies and possessions is a deceptive measure: greater strength is not greater truth; that overconfidence, which measures success by numbers and territories, is blind to what actually decides the outcome; and that the boastful calculations of the proud, recalled in the hour of ruin, expose the utter futility of relying on force instead of dharma.