Shloka 88

Devanagari script

अपश्यत महाप्राज्ञं विदुरं साश्रुलोचनम्‌

Transliteration

apaśyata mahāprājñaṃ viduraṃ sāśrulocanam

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า—เขาได้เห็นวิทุระผู้มีปัญญายิ่ง ดวงตาเอ่อด้วยน้ำตา

Word by Word

• अपश्यत्: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (पश्य)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महाप्राज्ञम्: very wise
• महाप्राज्ञम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाप्राज्ञ (महान् + प्राज्ञ)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विदुरम्: Vidura
• विदुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• साश्रुलोचनम्: with tearful eyes
• साश्रुलोचनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साश्रुलोचन (स + अश्रु + लोचन)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vidura

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True wisdom (prajñā) does not harden the heart; it deepens moral sensitivity. Vidura’s tears suggest that dharmic insight includes compassion and sorrow at adharma’s consequences, especially the devastation of kin-slaying war.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Sañjaya’s report, someone (contextually, a principal figure present in the scene) beholds Vidura, famed for prudent counsel, now overwhelmed with grief—signaling the emotional and ethical fallout surrounding the Kuru catastrophe.