Shloka 30
द्वैपायनह्रदे दुर्योधनान्वेषणम् / The Search for Duryodhana at Dvaipāyana Lake
वह मन-ही-मन सोचने लगा कि हमारा और इन क्षत्रियोंका जो महान् संहार हुआ है, इसे महाज्ञानी विदुरजीने अवश्य पहले ही देख और समझ लिया था |। एवं विचिन्तयानस्तु प्रविविक्षु्हदं नृप: । दुःखसंतप्तह्दयो दृष्टवा राजन् बलक्षयम्,राजन्! अपनी सेनाका संहार देखकर इस प्रकार चिन्ता करते हुए राजा दुर्योधनका हृदय दुःख और शोकसे संतप्त हो उठा था। उसने सरोवरमें प्रवेश करनेका विचार किया
evaṁ vicintayānas tu pravivekṣuḥ hṛdaṁ nṛpaḥ | duḥkha-santapta-hṛdayo dṛṣṭvā rājan bala-kṣayam ||
Sañjaya said: As he pondered thus, the king—his heart scorched by grief—seeing the ruin of his forces, resolved in his mind to enter the lake, seeking concealment after the great destruction.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Unchecked ambition and refusal to heed wise counsel culminate in ruin; when one witnesses the collapse of one’s own power, the mind turns to fear and concealment rather than righteous resolve—highlighting the ethical cost of adharma and the value of foresight.
After seeing the destruction of his army, Duryodhana is overwhelmed with grief and, while reflecting on the calamity (and implicitly on Vidura’s earlier insight), decides to enter and hide in a lake.