Shloka 17

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच पुनरेव हि मे बुद्धि: संशये परिमुहति । अपारे मार्गमाणस्य परं तीरमपश्यत:

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: punar eva hi me buddhiḥ saṁśaye parimuhyati | apāre mārgamāṇasya paraṁ tīram apaśyataḥ ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira dijo: «Una vez más mi entendimiento cae en confusión en medio de la duda. Mientras busco en esta inmensidad sin límites, anhelando cruzar, aún no alcanzo a ver la orilla lejana».

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• हि: for/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• बुद्धिः: intellect/mind
• बुद्धिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• संशये: in doubt
• संशये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• परिमुह्यति: is bewildered/gets confused
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अपारे: in the boundless (one)
• अपारे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपार
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मार्गमाणस्य: of (me) seeking/searching
• Type: Verb
• Root: मार्ग्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• परम्: further/other
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तीरम्: shore/bank
• तीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अपश्यतः: of (me) not seeing
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the ethical psychology of dharma: even a sincere seeker can be overwhelmed by uncertainty, and recognizing one’s confusion becomes the necessary first step toward receiving clear instruction and crossing beyond doubt.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira, still unsettled by complex questions of right conduct, addresses the elder teacher (contextually Bhīṣma in the Anuśāsana Parva) and admits that his intellect is again drowning in doubt, unable to find the ‘far shore’—a metaphor for decisive understanding.