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Shloka 986

द्वैपायनह्रदे दुर्योधनान्वेषणम् / The Search for Duryodhana at Dvaipāyana Lake

समागतमपकश्याम हाांशुमन्तमिव प्रजा: । “वीरोंका विनाश करनेवाले इस संग्रामसे बचकर तुम कुशलपूर्वक नगरमें लौट आये-- इस अवस्थामें हमने तुम्हें उसी प्रकार देखा है, जैसे रात्रिके अन्तमें प्रजा भगवान्‌ भास्करका दर्शन करती है

sagatam apakaby1ma h1bumantam iva praj1 | v2br1k1 vin1ba-karaeena asya sagr1masya bacitv1 tva ku5bala-p6brvaka nagara punar 1gata | asy1 avasth1y1 vayam tv1 tath1 dad5bima yath1 r1try-ant1t praj1 bhagavanta bh1skara dar5bayanti ||

قال سنجيا: «لقد رأيناك تعود إلينا سالمًا، وقد اجتمعت بنا من جديد، كالشمس المتألّقة التي يراها الناس عند انقضاء الليل. لقد نجوت من هذه المعركة التي تُهلك الأبطال، وعدت إلى المدينة معافًى. وعلى هذه الحال نراك كما يرى الناس الشمس المباركة بعد زوال الظلمة.»

समागतम्arrived, come back
समागतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-आ-गम् (धातु) / समागत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अपकश्यामhaving escaped, having avoided (danger)
अपकश्याम:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअप-√कश् (धातु) / अपकश्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
indeed, surely
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अंशुमन्तम्the radiant one (the Sun)
अंशुमन्तम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअंशुमन्त्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
प्रजाःsubjects, people
प्रजाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
P
praj1 (the people/subjects)
A
abum1n / Bh1skara (the Sun)
N
nagara (the city)
S
sagr1ma (the battle)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames a warrior's safe return from a hero-destroying war as a moral and emotional restoration for the community: like sunlight after night, survival and return re-establish hope, order, and the welfare of the people.

Sanjaya addresses a returning figure who has escaped a deadly phase of battle and come back safely to the city; he compares the sight of this return to the people seeing the sun at dawn, emphasizing collective relief after fear and darkness.