Shloka 83

द्वैपायनह्रदे दुर्योधनान्वेषणम् / The Search for Duryodhana at Dvaipāyana Lake

Devanagari script

दुर्योधनस्य सचिवा ये केचिदवशेषिता: । राजदारानुपादाय प्रययुर्नगरं प्रति

Transliteration

duryodhanasya sacivā ye kecid avaśeṣitāḥ | rājadārān upādāya prayayur nagaraṃ prati ||

Translation

ਸੰਜਯ ਬੋਲਿਆ—ਦੁਰਯੋਧਨ ਦੇ ਜੋ ਕੁਝ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਬਚ ਰਹੇ ਸਨ, ਉਹ ਰਾਜ-ਇਸਤਰੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਨਾਲ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ ਵੱਲ ਚਲੇ ਗਏ।

Word by Word

• दुर्योधनस्य: of Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सचिवाः: ministers/counsellors
• सचिवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सचिव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• केचित्: some
• केचित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अवशेषिताः: left remaining/surviving
• अवशेषिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव-शिष्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त), Passive sense

• राजदारान्: the king's wives/royal consorts
• राजदारान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजदार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• उपादाय: having taken/bringing along
• उपादाय: Kriya (Purvakala)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-दा
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), Parasmaipada sense

• प्रययुः: went/departed
• प्रययुः: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

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

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• sacivāḥ (Duryodhana’s ministers/counselors)
• rājadārāḥ (royal ladies)
• nagara (the city/capital)