Shloka 53

द्वैपायनह्रदे दुर्योधनान्वेषणम् / The Search for Duryodhana at Dvaipāyana Lake

Devanagari script

आचक्षीथा: सर्वमिदं मां च मुक्त महाहवात्‌ । अस्मिंस्तोयहदे गुप्तं जीवन्तं भृशविक्षतम्‌

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

ācakṣīthāḥ sarvam idaṃ māṃ ca mukta-mahāhavāt |

asmiṃs toyahrade guptaṃ jīvantaṃ bhṛśa-vikṣatam ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“把这一切都告诉他，也把我的事告诉他——我已从那场大决战中脱身——并告知：难敌尚活着，却伤势沉重，正藏身于这满水之湖中。”

Word by Word

• आचक्षीथाः: tell, report
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चक्ष्
• Form: Lot (imperative), 2, singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वम्: all, everything
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: accusative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मुक्तः: escaped, freed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• महाहवात्: from the great battle
• महाहवात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाहव
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• तोयहदे: in the water-reservoir/lake
• तोयहदे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोयहद
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• गुप्तम्: hidden
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुप्त
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• जीवन्तम्: alive, living
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीवत्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• भृशविक्षतम्: severely wounded
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भृश-विक्षत
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• toyahrada (lake/pond)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the moral and psychological aftermath of adharma-driven war: even a powerful king is reduced to concealment and suffering, and truth must be reported plainly despite loyalty or fear.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya instructs that the full message be conveyed: he has escaped the great battle, and Duryodhana—still alive but badly wounded—has hidden himself in a water-filled lake.