Shloka 83

द्वैपायनह्रदे दुर्योधनान्वेषणम् / The Search for Duryodhana at Dvaipāyana Lake

Devanagari script

दुर्योधनस्य सचिवा ये केचिदवशेषिता: । राजदारानुपादाय प्रययुर्नगरं प्रति

Transliteration

duryodhanasya sacivā ye kecid avaśeṣitāḥ | rājadārān upādāya prayayur nagaraṃ prati ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Those ministers of Duryodhana who still remained, taking the royal ladies with them, departed toward the city. In the wake of ruin, the verse highlights the instinct to preserve what is left—especially the vulnerable—while also underscoring the moral cost of a kingship that ends in flight and protection rather than righteous stability.

Word by Word

• दुर्योधनस्य: of Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सचिवाः: ministers/counsellors
• सचिवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सचिव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• केचित्: some
• केचित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अवशेषिताः: left remaining/surviving
• अवशेषिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव-शिष्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त), Passive sense

• राजदारान्: the king's wives/royal consorts
• राजदारान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजदार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• उपादाय: having taken/bringing along
• उपादाय: Kriya (Purvakala)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-दा
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), Parasmaipada sense

• प्रययुः: went/departed
• प्रययुः: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• नगरम्: to the city
• नगरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• sacivāḥ (Duryodhana’s ministers/counselors)
• rājadārāḥ (royal ladies)
• nagara (the city/capital)