Shloka 43
द्वैपायनह्रदे दुर्योधनान्वेषणम् / The Search for Duryodhana at Dvaipāyana Lake
स तु मामश्रुपूर्णाक्षो नाशक्नोदभिवीक्षितुम् । उपप्रैक्षत मां दृष्टवा तथा दीनमवस्थितम्
sa tu mām aśrupūrṇākṣo nāśaknod abhivīkṣitum | upapraikṣata māṁ dṛṣṭvā tathā dīnam avasthitam ||
而他双目盈泪，竟不能定睛看我。见我那般凄然伫立，他只是不住地向我投来断续的目光。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the human cost of war: even those tasked with observing and reporting events can be overwhelmed by grief. It implicitly underscores compassion and the ethical burden of witnessing suffering—an aspect of dharma that includes sensitivity to others’ pain.
Sañjaya describes someone who, upon seeing him standing in a dejected condition, becomes tearful and cannot look at him directly, only glancing repeatedly—signaling shock, sorrow, and emotional restraint amid the aftermath of battlefield events.