Shloka 11

Devanagari script

नच विद्यो गता येन पार्था: सुदृढविक्रमा: । मार्गमाणा: पदन्यासं तेषु तेषु तथा तथा,मृगोंसे भरे हुए निर्जन वनमें, जो अनेकानेक वृक्षों और लताओंसे व्याप्त, विविध लताओंकी बहुलता एवं विस्तारसे विलसित तथा नाना गुल्मोंसे समावृत है, घूमकर वहाँके विभिन्न स्थानोंमें अनेक प्रकारसे उनके पदचिह्न हम ढूँढ़ते रहे हैं तथापि वे सुदृढ़ पराक्रमी कुन्तीकुमार किस मार्गसे कहाँ गये? यह नहीं जान सके

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: na ca vidyo gatā yena pārthāḥ sudṛḍha-vikramāḥ | mārgamāṇāḥ pada-nyāsaṃ teṣu teṣu tathā tathā ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「それでもなお、揺るがぬ武勇を備えたパールタたちが、いずれの道を進んだかを突き止めることはできなかった。あちらこちらで幾度となく足跡の痕を探したが、その行路はついに知れぬままであった。」

Word by Word

नnot

चand

विद्यःwas known / was ascertained

गताःgone

येनby which (way)

पार्थाःthe sons of Pṛthā (Pāṇḍavas)

सुदृढविक्रमाःof very firm valor / mighty

मार्गमाणाःseeking

पदन्यासम्footprints / placing of feet

तेषुin those (places)

तथाthus / in that manner

तथाagain, likewise

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pārthas (Pāṇḍavas / sons of Kuntī)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even sustained effort and careful observation may fail when circumstances are obscured; the verse highlights human limitation before uncertainty, while still valuing perseverance in seeking truth.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports that the searchers repeatedly look for the Pāṇḍavas’ tracks in various places, but cannot determine which path the valorous brothers took.