Shloka 12

Devanagari script

विदुर उवाच अतीतायां च शर्वर्यामुदिते सूर्यमण्डले । अथाजगाम त॑ देशं सुधन्वा राजसत्तम । विरोचनो यत्र विभो केशिन्या सहित: स्थित:,विदुरजी कहते हैं--राजाओंमें श्रेष्ठ धृतराष्ट्! इसके बाद जब रात बीती और सूर्यमण्डलका उदय हुआ, उस समय सुधन्वा उस स्थानपर आया, जहाँ विरोचन केशिनीके साथ उपस्थित था

Transliteration

vidura uvāca atītāyāṃ ca śarvaryām uditē sūryamaṇḍale | athājagāma taṃ deśaṃ sudhanvā rājasattama | virocano yatra vibho keśinyā sahitaḥ sthitaḥ ||

Translation

Vidura dijo: «Oh, el mejor de los reyes: pasada la noche y al alzarse el disco del sol, Sudhanvā llegó a aquel lugar donde el poderoso Virocana permanecía junto a Keśinī.»

Word by Word

विदुरःVidura

उवाचsaid

अतीतायाम्when (it was) passed/elapsed

चand

शर्वर्याम्in the night

उदितेwhen (it was) risen

सूर्य-मण्डलेin the sun-disc (when the sun had risen)

अथthen

आजगामcame

तत्that

देशम्place/region

सुधन्वाSudhanvan

राज-सत्तमO best of kings

विरोचनःVirocana

यत्रwhere

विभोO mighty one / O lord

केशिन्याwith Keshinī

सहितःaccompanied (by)

स्थितःstood/was present

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Sudhanvan

Virocana

Keśinī

Sūryamaṇḍala (sun-disc)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the importance of timely, deliberate action: with the coming of day, the narrative moves toward a consequential meeting. In Vidura’s broader ethical frame, such moments highlight how decisions taken at the right time can determine the moral and practical outcome of an encounter.

What is happening in the narrative?

After night ends and sunrise occurs, Sudhanvan arrives at the location where Virocana is present along with Keśinī. The scene sets up the next exchange by clearly situating time (dawn) and place (Virocana’s whereabouts).