महाभारत · 7.70.25–26
॥
देवनागरी
कुनृपस्य यथा राष्ट्रं दुर्भिक्षव्याधितस्करैः ॥
द्राव्यते तद्वद् आपन्ना पाण्डवैस् तव वाहिनी ॥
अर्करश्मिप्रभिन्नेषु शस्त्रेषु कवचेषु च ॥
चक्षूंषि प्रतिहन्यन्ते सैन्येन रजसा तथा ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
kunṛpasya yathā rāṣṭraṃ durbhikṣavyādhitaskaraiḥ ||
drāvyate tadvad āpannā pāṇḍavais tava vāhinī ||
arkaraśmiprabhinneṣu śastreṣu kavaceṣu ca ||
cakṣūṃṣi pratihanyante sainyena rajasā tathā ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
कुनृपस्य यथा राष्ट्रम्kunṛpasya yathā rāṣṭramas the realm of an unworthy king; as the realm of an unworthy king
दुर्भिक्षव्याधितस्करैःdurbhikṣavyādhitaskaraiḥby famine, disease, thieves; by famine, disease, thieves
द्राव्यते तद्वत् आपन्नाdrāvyate tadvat āpannāis ruined — so, beset; is ruined — so, beset
पाण्डवैः तव वाहिनीpāṇḍavaiḥ tava vāhinīby the Pandavas, your army; by the Pandavas, your army
अर्करश्मिप्रभिन्नेषुarkaraśmiprabhinneṣuin [the weapons,] flashing with the sun's rays; flashing with the sun's rays
शस्त्रेषु कवचेषु चśastreṣu kavaceṣu cain weapons and in armor; in weapons and armor
चक्षूंषि प्रतिहन्यन्तेcakṣūṃṣi pratihanyanteeyes are struck [blinded]; eyes are blinded
सैन्येन रजसा तथाsainyena rajasā tathāand by the dust of the army as well; and by the dust of the army as well
अनुवाद
As the realm of an unworthy king is ruined by famine, disease and thieves, so, beset by the Pandavas, [is destroyed] your army. In the weapons and armor flashing with the sun's rays, and by the dust of the army as well, eyes are blinded.
संस्करण
8843e20c92b4 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 3:45:02 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The comparison runs deep: Duryodhana's army perishes, "as the realm of an unworthy king" perishes. The narrator ties the rout to 'kunṛpa,' misrule: the people's calamity is the fruit of an unrighteous sovereign. It is telling that the cause of ruin is traced to a moral flaw in the leader. The verse teaches that the calamity of a realm is rooted in the unrighteousness of its ruler: as an unworthy king ruins his kingdom through famine and disorder, so an unrighteous leader brings his army to ruin; and collapse is no cruel accident but the fruit of corrupt leadership.