अहो मे पश्यताज्ञानं हृदि रूढं दुरात्मन: । पारक्यस्यैव देहस्य बह्व्यो मेऽक्षौहिणीर्हता: ॥ ४८ ॥
aho me pasyatajnanam hrdi rudham duratmanah parakyasyaiva dehasya bahvyo me ’ksauhinir hatah
- aho
- O
- me
- my
- pasyata
- just see
- ajnanam
- ignorance
- hrdi
- in the heart
- rudham
- situated in
- duratmanah
- of the sinful
- parakyasya
- meant for others
- eva
- certainly
- dehasya
- of the body
- bahvyah
- many, many
- me
- by me
- aksauhinih
- combination of military phalanxes
- hatah
- killed.
King Yudhisthira said: O my lot! I am the most sinful man! Just see my heart, which is full of ignorance! This body, which is ultimately meant for others, has killed many, many phalanxes of men.