Shloka 93

द्वैपायनह्रदे दुर्योधनान्वेषणम् / The Search for Duryodhana at Dvaipāyana Lake

Devanagari script

अफक्रान्ते तु नृपतौ स्कन्धावारनिवेशनात्‌ | भयव्याकुलितं सर्व प्राद्रवन्नगरं प्रति,राजाके छावनीसे दूर भाग जानेपर सब लोग भयसे व्याकुल हो राजधानीकी ओर भाग चले

Transliteration

apakrānte tu nṛpatau skandhāvāra-niveśanāt | bhaya-vyākulitaṃ sarvaṃ prādravan nagaraṃ prati ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: When the king had withdrawn far from the army-camp, everyone became shaken with fear and fled toward the city. The verse underscores how, in war, the perceived absence of royal protection can dissolve collective steadiness into panic and flight.

Word by Word

• अपक्रान्ते: when (he) had departed / having gone away
• अपक्रान्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपक्रान्त (अप + क्रम्)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• नृपतौ: in/when the king
• नृपतौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• स्कन्धावारनिवेशनात्: from the camp’s encampment/site
• स्कन्धावारनिवेशनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्धावार-निवेशन
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• भयव्याकुलितम्: agitated by fear
• भयव्याकुलितम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भय-व्याकुलित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all (of it/they)
• सर्वम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• प्राद्रवत्: ran forth / fled
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + द्रु (द्रव्)
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

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

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• the king (nṛpa)
• skandhāvāra (army camp)
• nagara (city/capital)