Shloka 81
कर्णनिधनवृत्तान्तनिवेदनम् | Reporting Karṇa’s Fall to Yudhiṣṭhira
यदा मान॑ं लभते माननार्ह- स्तदा स वै जीवति जीवलोके । यदावमानं लभते महान्तं तदा जीवन्मृत इत्युच्यते सः,इस जीवजगत्में माननीय पुरुष जबतक सम्मान पाता है, तभीतक वह वास्तवमें जीवित है। जब वह महान् अपमान पाने लगता है, तब वह जीते-जी मरा हुआ कहलाता है
yadā mānaṁ labhate mānanārhas tadā sa vai jīvati jīvaloke | yadāvamānaṁ labhate mahāntaṁ tadā jīvanmṛta ity ucyate saḥ ||
বায়ুৱে ক’লে— এই জীৱলোকত মানাৰ্হ ব্যক্তি যেতিয়ালৈকে সন্মান লাভ কৰে তেতিয়ালৈকে সি সত্যই জীৱিত। কিন্তু যেতিয়া সি মহা অপমান লাভ কৰে, তেতিয়া তাক ‘জীৱিত-মৃত’ বুলি কোৱা হয়।
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
A person’s lived dignity is closely tied to honor: rightful respect sustains one’s social and inner life, while profound humiliation is portrayed as a ‘living death.’ The verse highlights the moral and psychological power of public regard and the harm caused by severe dishonor.
Vāyudeva delivers a reflective maxim within the Karṇa Parva context, using a general ethical statement rather than describing a battlefield action: he frames honor and humiliation as measures of a person’s true ‘life’ in society.