Shloka 64

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

Devanagari script

ते गत्वा दूरमध्वानं न्यग्रोध॑ प्रेक्ष्य मारिष । न्यविशन्त भशं श्रान्ताश्विन्तयन्तो नृपं प्रति

Transliteration

te gatvā dūram adhvānaṃ nyagrodhaṃ prekṣya māriṣa | nyaviśanta bhaśaṃ śrāntāś cintayanto nṛpaṃ prati ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: О почтенный, пройдя долгий путь, они увидели баньян. Изнурённые усталостью, они сели под ним, и мысли их были полны тревоги о царе — Дурьодхане — под мрачным гнётом войны.

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active

• दूरम्: a long (distance)
• दूरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दूर
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अध्वानम्: journey/road
• अध्वानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वन्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• न्यग्रोधम्: a banyan tree
• न्यग्रोधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्यग्रोध
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• प्रेक्ष्य: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-ईक्ष्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), active

• मारिष: O dear sir (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारिष
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• न्यविशन्त: they sat down
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-विश्
• Form: imperfect, third, plural, active

• भृशम्: exceedingly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृश

• श्रान्ताः: tired
• श्रान्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रान्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• चिन्तयन्तः: thinking/worrying
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्तय्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, plural

• नृपम्: the king
• नृपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• प्रति: towards/about
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• nyagrodha (banyan tree)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in a war narrative, the verse highlights a human ethical reality: exhaustion and fear make the mind cling to the fate of leadership. Concern for the king (and the cause he represents) shows how collective duty and personal anxiety intertwine, reminding readers that decisions in adharma-driven conflict burden followers as much as rulers.

What is happening in the narrative?

After a long journey, the group reaches a banyan tree, stops there due to extreme fatigue, and sits down while thinking anxiously about the king—understood in context as Duryodhana—indicating worry about his condition and the unfolding crisis of the battle.