Shloka 88

द्वैपायनह्रदे दुर्योधनान्वेषणम् / The Search for Duryodhana at Dvaipāyana Lake

Devanagari script

अपश्यत महाप्राज्ञं विदुरं साश्रुलोचनम्‌

Transliteration

apaśyata mahāprājñaṃ viduraṃ sāśrulocanam

Translation

سنجے نے کہا—اس نے نہایت دانا ودُر کو آنسوؤں بھری آنکھوں کے ساتھ دیکھا۔

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.