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Shloka 66

Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154

न स्नेहस्य च विच्छेदो विलापरुदितस्थ च । मृतस्यास्य परित्यागात्‌ तापो वै भविता ध्रुवम्‌,इस मृत बालकको छोड़कर जानेसे न तो तुम्हारे स्नेहमें कमी आयेगी और न तुम्हारा रोना-धोना एवं विलाप ही बंद होगा। उलटे तुम्हारा संताप और बढ़ जायगा, यह निश्चित है

na snehyasya ca vicchedo vilāpa-ruditastha ca | mṛtasyāsya parityāgāt tāpo vai bhavitā dhruvam ||

قال جامبوكا: «إن تركتم هذا الطفل الميت فلن ينقطع ودُّكم انقطاعًا حقًّا، ولن تكفّ دموعكم ولا نحيبكم. بل على العكس، سيزداد لهيب الحزن في داخلكم لا محالة.»

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
स्नेहस्यof affection
स्नेहस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootस्नेह
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
विच्छेदःseverance, cessation
विच्छेदः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविच्छेद
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
विलापof lamentation
विलाप:
TypeNoun
Rootविलाप
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
रुदितस्यof weeping
रुदितस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootरुदित
Formneuter, genitive, singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मृतस्यof the dead
मृतस्य:
TypeAdjective
Rootमृत
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
अस्यof this (one)
अस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
परित्यागात्from abandoning, due to giving up
परित्यागात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootपरित्याग
Formmasculine, ablative, singular
तापःgrief, torment
तापः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootताप
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
वैindeed, surely
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
भविताwill be
भविता:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
Formperiphrastic future, third, singular
ध्रुवम्certainly, surely
ध्रुवम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootध्रुव
Formneuter, accusative, singular

जम्बुक उवाच

जम्बुक (Jambuka)
मृत बालक (dead child)

Educational Q&A

The verse warns that merely abandoning the external object of attachment (the dead child) does not automatically end attachment or grief; unresolved sorrow can intensify unless one gains inner clarity and acceptance.

Jambuka addresses a grieving person and argues that leaving the dead child behind will not stop lamentation; instead, it will likely deepen the torment of grief, implying the need for wiser handling of sorrow than physical abandonment.