Shloka 70
द्वैपायनह्रदे दुर्योधनान्वेषणम् / The Search for Duryodhana at Dvaipāyana Lake
शोचन्त्यस्तत्र रुरुदु: क्रन्दमाना विशाम्पते । वे जहाँ-तहाँ हाहाकार करती हुई अपने ऊपर नखोंसे आघात करने, हाथोंसे सिर और छाती पीटने तथा केश नोचने लगीं। प्रजानाथ! शोकमें ड्रबकर पतिको पुकारती हुई वे रानियाँ करुण स्वरसे क्रन्दन करने लगीं ।। ततो दुर्योधनामात्या: साश्रुकण्ठा भृशातुरा:
śocantyas tatra ruruduḥ krandamānā viśāmpate | tato duryodhanāmātyāḥ sāśrukaṇṭhā bhṛśāturāḥ ||
Sañjaya said: Lamenting there, they wept aloud, crying out in anguish, O lord of the people. Then the women of Duryodhana’s household—throats choked with tears and overwhelmed by intense distress—raised a piteous wail. The scene underscores the human cost of adharma-driven war: victory and defeat alike culminate in grief, and the private suffering of families becomes the final testimony to the ruin brought by pride and violence.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the inevitable human suffering that follows violence and unrighteous ambition: the end of war is not triumph but mourning, revealing the ethical cost of pride, hatred, and adharma.
Sañjaya describes the women connected with Duryodhana lamenting intensely—crying and weeping with throats choked by tears—after the catastrophic events of the war, as he reports the scene to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.