Shloka 10
सौप्तिकपर्व — धृष्टद्युम्नसारथिवृत्तान्तः
Report of the Night Raid and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament
दुर्विदा गतिरर्थानामपि ये दिव्यचक्षुष: । जीयमाना जयन्त्यन्ये जयमाना वयं जिता:
sūta uvāca | durvidā gatir arthānām api ye divya-cakṣuṣaḥ | jīyamānā jayanti anye jayāmānā vayaṃ jitāḥ ||
苏多说：即便具足天眼之人，也极难洞悉世事的走向与结局。唉——他人虽败犹能得胜；而我们虽胜，却反成败者。见此命运倒转与可怖后果，由提施提罗——俱卢族之冠冕、诸持法者之最——悲恸难当，放声痛哭，继而神识渐失，与同伴一同仆倒在地。
सूत उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the unpredictability of worldly outcomes: even those with extraordinary insight cannot fully grasp how events will turn. Ethically, it underscores that mere military victory can still culminate in moral and emotional defeat when achieved at the cost of widespread destruction.
The narrator (Sūta) laments a reversal: others can 'win while losing,' but the victors here are 'defeated despite winning.' In context, the catastrophic night massacre and its consequences crush Yudhiṣṭhira, who breaks down in grief and collapses unconscious with his companions.