Shloka 31

Dvaipāyana-hrade Duryodhanasya Māyā — Yudhiṣṭhirasya Dharmoktiḥ (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 30)

Devanagari script

तस्माद्‌ गच्छामहे सर्वे यत्र राजा युधिष्ठिर: । आख यातुं सलिले सुप्तं दुर्योधनममर्षणम्‌,अतः जलमें सोये हुए अमर्षशील दुर्योधनका पता बतानेके लिये हम सब लोग उस स्थानपर चलें, जहाँ राजा युधिष्छिर मौजूद हैं

Transliteration

tasmād gacchāmahe sarve yatra rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | ākhyātuṃ salile suptaṃ duryodhanam amarṣaṇam ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: “ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໃຫ້ພວກເຮົາທຸກຄົນໄປຫາບ່ອນທີ່ພະຣາຊາຢຸທິສຖິຣປະທັບຢູ່ ເພື່ອຈະໄດ້ແຈ້ງບ່ອນຢູ່ຂອງທຸຣະໂຍທະນຜູ້ບໍ່ຍອມອ່ອນຂໍ້ ຜູ້ນອນຫຼົບຢູ່ໃນນ້ຳ.”

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that (reason)
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: ablative (pañcamī), singular, masculine/neuter (pronominal)

• गच्छामहे: we go / let us go
• गच्छामहे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: present (laṭ), 1st person, plural, ātmanepada

• सर्वे: all (of us)
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र
• Form: locative adverb

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• आख्यातुम्: to tell/declare
• आख्यातुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या
• Form: tumun (infinitive), indeclinable verbal form

• सलिले: in the water
• सलिले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• सुप्तम्: sleeping
• सुप्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुप्त
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular (agreeing with दुर्योधनम्)

• दुर्योधनम्: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अमर्षणम्: impatient/irascible, intolerant
• अमर्षणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमर्षण
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular (agreeing with दुर्योधनम्)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Duryodhana
• salila (waters)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical weight of truthful reporting and collective responsibility in a crisis: one must inform rightful authority (Yudhiṣṭhira) about a dangerous opponent’s whereabouts, while also underscoring how pride and resentment (amarṣaṇa) can drive a fallen leader to concealment rather than reconciliation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya states that they will all go to King Yudhiṣṭhira to disclose where Duryodhana is—described as lying hidden/sleeping in the waters—so that Yudhiṣṭhira may act with full knowledge in the closing phase of the conflict.