यम् उपाश्रित्य संग्रामे कृतः शस्त्रसमुद्यमः ॥
स कर्णो निर्जितः संख्ये हतश् चैव जयद्रथः ॥
परुषाणि सभामध्ये प्रोक्तवान् यः स्म पाण्डवान् ॥
स कर्णो निर्जितः संख्ये सैन्धवश् च निपातितः ॥
यस्य वीर्यं समाश्रित्य शमं याचन्तम् अच्युतम् ॥
तृणवत् तम् अहं मन्ये स कर्णो निर्जितो युधि ॥
एवं क्लान्तमना राजन्न् उपायाद् द्रोणम् ईक्षितुम् ॥
आगस्कृत् सर्वलोकस्य पुत्रस् ते भरतर्षभ ॥
ततस् तत् सर्वम् आचख्यौ कुरूणां वैशसं महत् ॥
परान् विजयतश् चापि धार्तराष्ट्रान् निमज्जतः ॥
yam upāśritya saṃgrāme kṛtaḥ śastrasamudyamaḥ ||
sa karṇo nirjitaḥ saṃkhye hataś caiva jayadrathaḥ ||
paruṣāṇi sabhāmadhye proktavān yaḥ sma pāṇḍavān ||
sa karṇo nirjitaḥ saṃkhye saindhavaś ca nipātitaḥ ||
yasya vīryaṃ samāśritya śamaṃ yācantam acyutam ||
tṛṇavat tam ahaṃ manye sa karṇo nirjito yudhi ||
evaṃ klāntamanā rājann upāyād droṇam īkṣitum ||
āgaskṛt sarvalokasya putras te bharatarṣabha ||
tatas tat sarvam ācakhyau kurūṇāṃ vaiśasaṃ mahat ||
parān vijayataś cāpi dhārtarāṣṭrān nimajjataḥ ||
'He on whose strength, relying, in battle the sword was raised [and war was decided] — that Karna is defeated in the clash, and Jayadratha is slain. He who spoke harsh words to the Pandavas amid the assembly — that Karna is defeated in the clash, and Saindhava is felled. He on whose valor, relying, I deemed Achyuta, who asked for peace, worthless as grass — that Karna is defeated in battle.' Thus, with downcast spirit, O king, your son, guilty before the whole world, approached to see Drona, O bull among the Bharatas. Then he told him all of it — the great slaughter of the Kurus, and of the enemies who had been triumphing, and of the Dhartarashtras who had been sinking.
4ac26927c9a7 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:31:38 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Duryodhana himself names the root cause: relying on Karna, he rejected the peace offered by Achyuta, scorning Him "like grass." It is telling that "āgaskṛt sarvalokasya" — guilty before the whole world — shows him beginning to recognize his guilt. The verse teaches that rejecting the peace offered by the Lord is the source of all calamity; and one who, out of pride, scorned the extended hand of reconciliation, in his hour mourns the fall of every support he trusted in its place.