Shloka 30

Devanagari script

दुर्योधनं ख्यापयामो धनं दास्यति पाण्डव: । सुव्यक्तमिह न: ख्यातो हदे दुर्योधनो नृप:,“यदि हम दुर्योधनका पता बता दें तो पाण्डुपुत्र युधिष्ठिर हमें धन देंगे। हमें तो यहाँ यह स्पष्टरूपसे ज्ञात हो गया कि राजा दुर्योधन इसी सरोवरमें छिपा हुआ है इति श्रीमहाभारते शल्यपर्वणि गदापर्वणि त्रिंशोडध्याय:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

duryodhanaṃ khyāpayāmo dhanaṃ dāsyati pāṇḍavaḥ |

suvyaktam iha naḥ khyāto hrade duryodhano nṛpaḥ ||

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: «Si revelamos el paradero de Duryodhana, el Pāṇḍava nos dará riquezas. Aquí nos ha quedado perfectamente claro que el rey Duryodhana se oculta en este lago».

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'sañjaya uvāca', 'definition': 'Sañjaya said'}, {'term': 'duryodhanam', 'definition': 'Duryodhana (accusative singular), the Kaurava king'}, {'term': 'khyāpayāmaḥ', 'definition': 'we will make known, disclose, inform'}, {'term': 'dhanam', 'definition': 'wealth, money, reward'}, {'term': 'dāsyati', 'definition': 'will give'}, {'term': 'pāṇḍavaḥ', 'definition': 'the Pāṇḍava (here: Yudhiṣṭhira as representative of the Pāṇḍavas)'}, {'term': 'suvyaktam', 'definition': 'very clearly, distinctly'}, {'term': 'iha', 'definition': 'here, in this place/situation'}, {'term': 'naḥ', 'definition': 'to us, for us'}, {'term': 'khyātaḥ', 'definition': 'known, ascertained'}, {'term': 'hrade', 'definition': 'in the lake/pond (locative singular of hrada)'}, {'term': 'nṛpaḥ', 'definition': 'king'}]

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira implied)
• hrada (lake/pond)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how material incentive can distort judgment in a war setting: the impulse to betray a hidden enemy for reward contrasts with dharmic restraint and the ideal of acting without greed. It frames the ethical tension between expediency and righteousness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Duryodhana is concealed in a lake. The speakers (as reported by Sañjaya) consider informing the Pāṇḍavas of his location, expecting a monetary reward, and state that they have clearly determined he is hiding in that very lake.