Shloka 105
द्वैपायनह्रदे दुर्योधनान्वेषणम् / The Search for Duryodhana at Dvaipāyana Lake
युयुत्सुरपि तां रात्रि स्वगृहे न्यवसत् तदा । वन्द्यमान: स्वकैश्वापि नाभ्यनन्दत् सुदु:खित: । चिन्तयान: क्षयं तीव्रं भरतानां परस्परम्,युयुत्सु भी उस रातमें अपने घरपर ही रहे। उनके मनमें अत्यन्त दुःख था, इसलिये वे स्वजनोंद्वारा वन्दित होनेपर भी प्रसन्न नहीं हुए। इस पारस्परिक युद्धसे भरतवंशियोंका जो घोर संहार हुआ था, उसीकी चिन्तामें वे निमग्न हो गये थे
sañjaya uvāca |
yuyutsur api tāṃ rātriṃ svagṛhe nyavasat tadā |
vandyamānaḥ svakaiś cāpi nābhyānandat suduḥkhitaḥ |
cintayānaḥ kṣayaṃ tīvraṃ bharatānāṃ parasparam ||
Sañjaya said: That night too, Yuyutsu stayed in his own house. Deeply afflicted with grief, he found no joy even when honored by his own people. His mind remained absorbed in brooding over the terrible mutual destruction of the Bharatas brought about by their internecine war.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral and emotional cost of internecine war: even honor and social recognition cannot console a conscience weighed down by the awareness of collective ruin (kṣaya) within one’s own lineage.
Sañjaya reports Yuyutsu’s state on that night: he remains at home, receives salutations from his own people, yet cannot feel happiness because he is preoccupied with the severe mutual slaughter of the Bharatas.