Shloka 85

द्वैपायनह्रदे दुर्योधनान्वेषणम् / The Search for Duryodhana at Dvaipāyana Lake

Devanagari script

एतमर्थ महाबाहुरुभयो: स न्यवेदयत्‌ । तस्य प्रीतो5भवद्‌ राजा नित्यं करुणवेदिता

Transliteration

etam arthaṁ mahābāhur ubhayoḥ sa nyavedayat | tasya prīto 'bhavad rājā nityaṁ karuṇaveditaḥ ||

Translation

సంజయుడు అన్నాడు—మహాబాహువు ఆ విషయాన్ని రెండు పక్షాలకు తెలియజేశాడు. కరుణాభావాన్ని నిత్యం తెలిసిన రాజు అతనిపై ప్రసన్నుడయ్యాడు.

Word by Word

• एतम्: this
• एतम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अर्थम्: matter, meaning, point
• अर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महाबाहुः: the mighty-armed (one)
• महाबाहुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उभयोः: of both (of them)
• उभयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: उभ
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Dual

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न्यवेदयत्: informed, reported
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (वेदयति) with नि-
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तस्य: of him, his
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• प्रीतः: pleased, satisfied
• प्रीतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: became, was
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always, constantly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• करुणवेदिता: one who knows/feels compassion; compassionate
• करुणवेदिता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: करुणवेदितृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• राजा (the king)
• महाबाहु (the mighty-armed person)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid conflict, ethical communication and compassionate discernment are praised: conveying the right matter to all concerned and responding with karuṇā (compassion) is presented as a kingly virtue.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that a heroic figure (mahābāhu) reports a particular message to both sides; the king, characterized as consistently compassionate, is pleased by this act of communication.