Shloka 92

द्वैपायनह्रदे दुर्योधनान्वेषणम् / The Search for Duryodhana at Dvaipāyana Lake

Devanagari script

हतशेषपरीवारो राजा दुर्योधनस्तत: । स्वकं स हयमुत्सृज्य प्राडुमुख: प्राद्रवद्‌ भयात्‌,युयुत्सुने कहा--चाचाजी! जाति, भाई और पुत्रसहित शकुनिके मारे जानेपर जिसके शेष परिवार नष्ट हो गये थे, वह राजा दुर्योधन अपने घोड़ेको युद्धभूमिमें ही छोड़कर भयके मारे पूर्व दिशाकी ओर भाग गया

Transliteration

hataśeṣaparivāro rājā duryodhanas tataḥ | svakaṃ sa hayam utsṛjya prāṅmukhaḥ prādravad bhayāt ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then King Duryodhana—his remaining retinue shattered—abandoned his own horse on the battlefield and, driven by fear, fled facing east. The verse underscores the moral collapse that follows adharma: when one’s support is destroyed and courage fails, even a king deserts the very instruments of war and runs for life.

Word by Word

हतशेषपरीवारःwhose remaining retinue was slain / who had only a slain remnant of followers

राजाking

दुर्योधनःDuryodhana

ततःthen / thereafter

स्वकम्his own

सःhe

हयम्horse

उत्सृज्यhaving abandoned / leaving behind

प्राङ्मुखःfacing east

प्राद्रवत्ran forth / fled

भयात्from fear / out of fear

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

स

संजय (Sañjaya)

द

दुर्योधन (Duryodhana)

ह

हय (horse)

य

युद्धभूमि (battlefield, implied)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how fear and moral decline can overtake even a ruler: when one’s allies and support are destroyed, the confidence born of power collapses, revealing the fragility of kingship grounded in adharma rather than dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Duryodhana, with his remaining attendants wiped out, leaves his horse on the battlefield and flees toward the east out of fear.