Shloka 103
द्वैपायनह्रदे दुर्योधनान्वेषणम् / The Search for Duryodhana at Dvaipāyana Lake
निरानन्द गतश्रीकं हृताराममिवाशयम् | शून्यरूपमपध्वस्तं दुःखाद दुःखतरो5भवत्
sañjaya uvāca | nirānanda-gataśrīkaṁ hṛtārāmam ivāśayam | śūnya-rūpam apadhvastaṁ duḥkhād duḥkhataraḥ abhavat |
三阇耶说道：王宫不见欢悦，昔日的荣华也被剥夺殆尽。它宛如一座失却清趣的水泽——形貌空寂，仿佛已然倾圮。毗度罗到达那里时，悲痛压倒了他；他的哀伤更深一层，因为那曾象征秩序与富庶的宅第，如今只剩一具空壳，昭示着失落。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the fragility of worldly prosperity (śrī) and the ethical cost of adharma-driven conflict: when righteous order collapses, even a royal house becomes an empty shell, and sorrow deepens for the wise who recognize what has been lost.
Sañjaya describes the palace as joyless and ruined-looking, like a drained or pleasureless reservoir. When Vidura arrives and sees this desolation, his grief intensifies.