Shloka 12

द्वैपायनह्रदे दुर्योधनान्वेषणम् / The Search for Duryodhana at Dvaipāyana Lake

Devanagari script

अश्वैरविपरिधावद्धिः सैन्येन रजसा वृते

Transliteration

aśvair aviparidhāvaddhiḥ sainyena rajasā vṛte

Translation

ઘોડાં સર્વ દિશામાં દોડતાં હતાં અને સેનાએ ઉડાવેલી ધૂળથી આખું દળ ઢંકાઈ ગયું હતું।

Word by Word

• अश्वैः: by horses
• अश्वैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अविपरिधावद्भिः: running about, rushing around
• अविपरिधावद्भिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-परि-धाव (धातु: धाव्)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• सैन्येन: by/with the army
• सैन्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• रजसा: by dust
• रजसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वृते: covered, enveloped
• वृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृ (धातु: वृञ्/वृ— ‘to cover, surround’)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• horses
• army
• dust

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how the momentum of war creates literal and moral obscuration: dust raised by uncontrolled movement symbolizes how clarity and discernment can be veiled amid violence and haste.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the battlefield scene: horses are charging and wheeling about, and the resulting dust cloud blankets the army, reducing visibility and intensifying confusion.