Shloka 986

द्वैपायनह्रदे दुर्योधनान्वेषणम् / The Search for Duryodhana at Dvaipāyana Lake

Devanagari script

समागतमपकश्याम हाांशुमन्तमिव प्रजा: । “वीरोंका विनाश करनेवाले इस संग्रामसे बचकर तुम कुशलपूर्वक नगरमें लौट आये-- इस अवस्थामें हमने तुम्हें उसी प्रकार देखा है

Transliteration

sagatam apakaby1ma h1bumantam iva praj1 | v
2br1k1 vin1ba-karaeena asya sagr1masya bacitv1 tva ku
5bala-p
6brvaka nagara punar 1gata | asy1 avasth1y1 vayam tv1 tath1 dad
5bima yath1 r1try-ant1t praj1 bhagavanta bh1skara dar
5bayanti ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“我们看见你安然归来，重又与我们相聚，宛如长夜将尽时，灿然的太阳显现在众人眼前。你从这场摧折英雄的战斗中脱身，康健地回到城中。此刻我们望见你，正如百姓在黑暗消散之后瞻仰那神圣的日轮。”

Word by Word

• समागतम्: arrived, come back
• समागतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-गम् (धातु) / समागत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अपकश्याम: having escaped, having avoided (danger)
• अपकश्याम: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप-√कश् (धातु) / अपकश्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ह: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• अंशुमन्तम्: the radiant one (the Sun)
• अंशुमन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंशुमन्त्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• प्रजाः: subjects, people
• प्रजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• praj1 (the people/subjects)
• abum1n / Bh1skara (the Sun)
• nagara (the city)
• sagr1ma (the battle)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames a warrior's safe return from a hero-destroying war as a moral and emotional restoration for the community: like sunlight after night, survival and return re-establish hope, order, and the welfare of the people.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya addresses a returning figure who has escaped a deadly phase of battle and come back safely to the city; he compares the sight of this return to the people seeing the sun at dawn, emphasizing collective relief after fear and darkness.