Shloka 12

सौप्तिकपर्व — धृष्टद्युम्नसारथिवृत्तान्तः

Report of the Night Raid and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament

Devanagari script

अनर्थों हुर्थसंकाशस्तथानर्थो<र्थदर्शन: । जयो5यमजयाकारो जयस्तस्मात्‌ पराजय:,“कभी-कभी अनर्थ भी अर्थ-सा हो जाता है और अर्थके रूपमें दिखायी देनेवाली वस्तु भी अनर्थके रूपमें परिणत हो जाती है, इसी प्रकार हमारी यह विजय भी पराजयका ही रूप धारण करके आयी थी, इसलिये जय भी पराजय बन गयी

Transliteration

anartho hy arthasaṅkāśas tathānartho 'rthadarśanaḥ | jayo 'yam ajayākāro jayas tasmāt parājayaḥ ||

Translation

सूतोवाच—अनर्थो ह्यर्थसंकाशस्तथानर्थोऽर्थदर्शनः । जयोऽयमजयाकारो जयस्तस्मात् पराजयः ॥

Word by Word

अनर्थःmisfortune; harm; non-benefit

अर्थ-संकाशःhaving the appearance of benefit/meaning

तथाso; likewise

अनर्थःmisfortune; harm

अर्थ-दर्शनःappearing as benefit/meaning; seeming advantageous

जयःvictory

अयम्this

अजय-आकारःhaving the form of defeat; defeat-like

जयःvictory

तस्मात्therefore; from that

पराजयःdefeat

Speaker

सूत उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sūta

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes