Shloka 883
द्वैपायनह्रदे दुर्योधनान्वेषणम् / The Search for Duryodhana at Dvaipāyana Lake
राज्ञ: समीपान्निष्क्रान्तं शोकोपहतचेतसम् । राजन! वहाँ उसने आपके पाससे निकले हुए महाज्ञानी विदुरजीका दर्शन किया, जिनके नेत्रोंमें आँसू भरे हुए थे और मन शोकमें डूबा हुआ था
rājñaḥ samīpān niṣkrāntaṃ śokopahatacetasaṃ | rājan! tatra sa bhavataḥ samīpāt niṣkrāntam mahājñāniṃ viduraṃ dadarśa, yasya netreṣu aśrūṇi pūrṇāni āsan, manaś ca śokena nimagnaṃ āsīt |
Sañjaya said: “O King, as he came out from your presence with his mind struck down by grief, he there beheld the great sage Vidura—his eyes filled with tears and his heart submerged in sorrow.” The scene underscores how even the wisest are shaken when dharma is eclipsed by fratricidal ruin, and how grief becomes a moral witness to the collapse of a kingdom’s order.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that grief is not merely personal emotion but an ethical signal: when adharma and destructive choices culminate in catastrophe, even the most discerning—like Vidura—are moved to tears. Wisdom does not eliminate sorrow; it deepens moral awareness of loss and responsibility.
Someone (contextually a principal figure leaving the king) departs from Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s presence in a grief-stricken state and then sees Vidura nearby. Vidura, famed for righteous counsel, is also overwhelmed—his eyes brimming with tears—reflecting the heavy aftermath of the Kurukṣetra devastation.