Shloka 13
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Inquiry and Sañjaya’s Etymologies of Kṛṣṇa’s Names
Puruṣottama-nāma-nirvacana
वैचित्रवीर्य पुरुषा: क्रोधहर्षसमावृता: । सिता बहुविधे: पाशैर्ये न तुष्टाः स्वकैर्धनै:
vaicitryavīrya-puruṣāḥ krodha-harṣa-samāvṛtāḥ | sitā bahu-vidhaiḥ pāśair ye na tuṣṭāḥ svakair dhanaiḥ ||
قال فياسا: «يا ابنَ فيتشيترافيريا، إن الرجال من سلالة فيتشيترافيريا الذين تغشاهم الغضبة والنشوة، ولا يرضون بما لهم من مال—مشدودين بأغلالٍ شتى (كالشهوة والوهم)—تدفعهم أعمالهم إلى السقوط مرة بعد مرة تحت سلطان ياما (الموت)، كالعميان يتبع بعضُهم بعضًا.»
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Lack of contentment and being ruled by anger and exhilaration—while bound by desire and delusion—causes repeated downfall; one’s own karma drives one again and again toward death’s dominion (Yama).
Vyāsa addresses the Kuru heir (a ‘son of Vicitravīrya’) with a moral warning: those in the royal line who are dissatisfied and emotionally driven become trapped in worldly snares and repeatedly meet ruin, like blind followers led by blind guides.