Shloka 2

Droṇācārya’s Assessment of the Pāṇḍavas: Nīti, Kāla, and Intelligence (विराटपर्व, अध्याय २६)

Devanagari script

५ )), 2 हे पा हे # पर एल ५200 222 00 27 # ४ है ८०० 0 2 0 ० आल 377 | मना 9०० ८63५ सुदु:ःखा खलूु कार्याणां गतिर्विज्ञातुमन्तत: । तस्मात्‌ सर्वे निरीक्षध्वं क्व नु ते पाण्डवा गता: २ ।। 'कार्योंके अन्तिम परिणामको ठीक-ठीक समझ लेना अत्यन्त कठिन है; अतः आप सब लोग इस बातको समझें कि पाण्डव कहाँ चले गये?

Transliteration

suduḥkhā khalu kāryāṇāṃ gatir vijñātum antataḥ | tasmāt sarve nirīkṣadhvaṃ kva nu te pāṇḍavā gatāḥ || 2 ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Sesungguhnya amat sukar untuk mengetahui dengan tepat kesudahan terakhir sesuatu urusan. Oleh itu, kamu semua hendaklah meneliti dengan cermat dan menentukan ke mana perginya para Pāṇḍava itu.”

Word by Word

सुदुःखम्very difficult

खलुindeed

कार्याणाम्of actions/affairs

गतिःcourse/outcome

विज्ञातुम्to know/ascertain

अन्ततःfinally, in the end

तस्मात्therefore/from that

सर्वेall (of you)

निरीक्षध्वम्look, observe, examine

क्वwhere

नुindeed/now (interrogative particle)

तेthose

पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas

गताःgone

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

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?

Human plans and actions often have outcomes that are hard to foresee; therefore one should proceed with careful investigation and discernment rather than assumption.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator signals uncertainty about the Pāṇḍavas’ movements and urges those present to search and determine where the Pāṇḍavas have gone, advancing the plot toward their hidden whereabouts in the Virāṭa episode.