Shalya Parva Adhyaya 29 Shloka 45 - Mahabharata | Chinese | Vedapath

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Shloka 45

द्वैपायनह्रदे दुर्योधनान्वेषणम् / The Search for Duryodhana at Dvaipāyana Lake

Devanagari script

(यस्य मूर्थाभिषिक्तानां सहस्नं मणिमौलिनाम्‌ । आह्वत्य च करं सर्व स्वस्य वै वशमागतम्‌ ।।

Transliteration

yasya mūrdhābhiṣiktānāṃ sahasraṃ maṇimaulinām | āhṛtya ca karaṃ sarve svasya vai vaśam āgatam || catuḥsāgaraparyantā pṛthivī ratnabhūṣitā | karṇenaikena yasyārthe karam āhāritā purā || yasyājñā pararāṣṭreṣu karṇeneva prasāritā | nābhavad yasya śastreṣu khedo rājñaḥ praśāsataḥ || āsīno hāstinapure kṣemaṃ rājyam akaṇṭakam | anvapālayad aiśvaryāt kuberaṃ api nāsmarat || bhavanād bhavanaṃ rājan prayātuḥ pṛthivīpate | devālayapraveśe ca panthā yasya hiraṇmayaḥ || ārūhya airāvataprakhyaṃ nāgam indrasamo balī | vibhūtyā sumahatyā yaḥ prayāti pṛthivīpatiḥ || taṃ bhṛśakṣatam indrābhaṃ padabhyām eva dharātale | tiṣṭhantam ekaṃ dṛṣṭvā tu mamābhūt kleśa uttamaḥ || tasya caivaṃvidhasyāsya jagannāthasya bhūpateḥ | vipad apratimābhūd yā balīyān vidhir eva hi || tato 'smai tad ahaṃ sarvam uktavān grahaṇaṃ tadā | dvaipāyanaprasādāc ca jīvato mokṣam āhave ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“为他之故，成千上万受灌顶的诸王，头戴宝石冠冕，奉献贡赋而甘为臣属；为他之故，迦尔那曾独自一人从这四海为界、珠宝装点的大地上征收赋税；他的号令由迦尔那传播至他国诸邦；他在治国之时，从未劳于亲执兵刃；他端坐于象城（哈斯提那补罗），守护安泰无患、无刺无棘的王国，并以赫赫威光使财宝之神俱毗罗亦显得黯然；为他，哦大王、地上之主，人们从一宅至一宅铺设金道，乃至入神庙亦有金径；他力比因陀罗，乘坐如爱罗婆多般的象王，以无比盛仪出行—— “然而当我看见那同一位光耀如因陀罗的杜律约陀那，身负重创，独自以双足立于裸露的大地之上时，我心中悲痛至极。如此强大的世间之主竟遭逢无与伦比的灾厄，足见唯有命运更为强大。 “于是我将一切尽告于他：我如何被擒，又如何蒙德维波耶那（毗耶娑）之恩，得以从战场上保全性命而脱身。”

Word by Word

यस्यwhose

मूर्धाभिषिक्तानाम्of the consecrated (crowned) kings

सहस्रम्a thousand

मणिमौलिनाम्of those with jeweled diadems

आहूयhaving summoned

चand

करम्tribute/tax

सर्वेall (of them)

स्वस्यof him/one’s own

वैindeed

वशम्control, subjection

आगतम्having come; having submitted

चतुःfour

सागरocean

पर्यन्ताbounded by, extending up to

पृथिवीthe earth

रत्नभूषिताadorned with jewels

कर्णेनby Karna

एकेनby one alone

यस्यfor whom/whose

अर्थेfor the sake (of)

करम्tribute/tax

आहारिताwas collected/brought

पुराformerly

यस्यwhose

आज्ञाcommand

परराष्ट्रेषुin other kingdoms

कर्णेनby Karna

इवas if, like

प्रसारिताwas spread/extended

नnot

अभवत्was, occurred

यस्यwhose

शस्त्रेषुin weapons; regarding arms

खेदःfatigue, distress

राज्ञःof the king

प्रशासतःwhile ruling

आसीनःsitting, remaining

हास्तिनपुरेin Hastinapura

क्षेमम्secure, prosperous

राज्यम्kingdom

अकण्टकम्free of thorns; untroubled

अन्वपालयत्protected, governed

ऐश्वर्यात्due to (his) sovereignty/wealth

कुबेरम्Kubera

अपिeven

नnot

अस्मरत्remembered

भवनात्from a house

भवनम्to a house

राजन्O king

प्रयातुःof one going, of one proceeding

पृथिवीपतेO lord of the earth

देवालयtemple

प्रवेशेin entering; for entry

चand

पन्थाःpath

यस्यwhose

हिरण्मयःgolden

आरुह्यhaving mounted

ऐरावतप्रख्यम्resembling Airavata

नागम्elephant

इन्द्रसमःequal to Indra

बलीstrong

विभूत्याwith splendor

सुमहत्याvery great

यःwho

प्रयातिgoes forth, proceeds

पृथिवीपतिःthe lord of the earth (king)

तम्him

भृशक्षतम्severely wounded

इन्द्राभम्Indra-like, radiant like Indra

पदभ्याम्with (his) feet

एवonly, indeed

धरातलेon the ground

तिष्ठन्तम्standing

एकम्alone

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

तुbut, indeed

ममof me; to me

अभूत्arose, happened

क्लेशःanguish

उत्तमःgreat, intense

तस्यof him

चand

एवंविधस्यof such a one

अस्यof this (man)

जगन्नाथस्यof the lord of the world

भूपतेःof the king

विपत्calamity

प्रतिमाunparalleled; like an image (here: comparable to none)

अभूत्became, occurred

याwhich

बलीयान्stronger

विधिःfate, ordinance

एवindeed

हिfor, indeed

ततःthen, thereafter

अस्मैto him

तत्that

अहम्I

सर्वम्all (of it)

उक्तवान्told, said

ग्रहणम्seizure, capture

तदाthen

द्वैपायनDvaipayana (Vyasa)

प्रसादात्by the grace (of)

चand

जीवतःof (me) living; alive

मोक्षम्release, escape

आहवेin battle

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Duryodhana

Karṇa

Hastināpura

Kubera

Indra

Airāvata

Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)

four oceans (catuḥ-sāgara)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Worldly sovereignty—tribute, wealth, and ceremonial grandeur—cannot shield anyone from reversal; the passage underscores the Mahābhārata’s recurring insight that ‘vidhi’ (destiny/time) can overpower even the most exalted ruler, urging humility and detachment from pride in power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Duryodhana’s former imperial magnificence—kings paying tribute, Karṇa enforcing his authority, golden pathways, elephant processions—and contrasts it with the present scene: Duryodhana stands alone and badly wounded on the ground. Moved by grief, Sañjaya then reports that he told Duryodhana how he had been captured and later spared alive through Vyāsa’s grace.