Duḥsaha
Duḥsaha was one of the hundred sons of Dhṛtarāshṭra and Gāndhārī. They are known as the Kauravas. Duḥsaha fell in the war at Kurukshetra.
His name means “he who is hard to bear”. In battle he was strong and hard to stand against.
In the Strī Parva
In Chapter 19 of the Strī Parva, Gāndhārī walks over the battlefield with divine sight. She goes from body to body and mourns each of her fallen sons. She speaks to Bhagavān Kṛshṇa all through this survey. She mourns Vikarna, Durmukhā, Citrasena, Vividingśati and Duḥsaha, in that order.
In her lament, Duḥsaha lies with his golden necklace still shining on his chest. His armour glows around him like flame. He has fallen as a warrior falls.
The Strī Parva describes him in these words:
mēlimibangāru necklace, glowing kavaca
The meaning is this: he wears a mēlimibangāru necklace (a necklace of fine gold) and a glowing kavaca (armour). He is like a white mountain ringed by fire, now without life. Gāndhārī names his death as part of the ruin of the Kaurava house.
Among the hundred sons
Duḥsaha appears with Duryodhana, Duḥśāsana, Vikarna and the other Kaurava brothers in the lists of the hundred sons in the Mahābhārata. He has no large part of his own in the earlier parvas. His death is recorded among the many Kaurava deaths in the great war.
Sources
- Mahābhārata, Strī Parva, Chapter 19