Mahabharata 11.1.32 — Stree Parva, Adhyaya 1, Shloka 32

स्त्रीपर्व १: धृतराष्ट्रशोकः संजयाश्वासनं च

Strī Parva 1: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament and Saṃjaya’s Consolation

Devanagari script

“वह सदा युद्धकी ही इच्छा रखता था; इसलिये उसने कभी किसी धर्मका आदरपूर्वक अनुष्ठान नहीं किया। वह मन्दबुद्धि और अहंकारी था; अतः नित्य युद्ध-युद्ध ही चिल्लाया करता था। उसके हृदयमें क्रूरता भरी थी। वह सदा अमर्षमें भरा रहनेवाला, पराक्रमी और असंतोषी था (इसीलिये उसकी दुर्गति हुई है) ।।

Transliteration

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca | sa sadā yuddhasyaiva icchāṃ rakṣati sma; tasmāt sa kadācana dharmasya ādara-pūrvakam anuṣṭhānaṃ na cakāra | sa manda-buddhiḥ ahaṅkārī ca āsīt; ataḥ sa nityaṃ “yuddhaṃ yuddham” iti krośati sma | tasya hṛdaye krūratā pūrṇā āsīt | sa sadā amarṣeṇa pūrṇaḥ, parākramī, asaṃtuṣṭaś ca āsīt (tasmād asya durgatiḥ) || śrutavān asi medhāvī satyavāṃś caiva nityadā | na muhyanti īdṛśāḥ santaḥ buddhimanto bhavādṛśāḥ ||

Translation

বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে—সি সদায় যুদ্ধৰেই ইচ্ছা ৰাখিছিল; সেয়ে ধৰ্মক সন্মান কৰি কেতিয়াও কোনো ধৰ্মকর্ম পালন নকৰিলে। সি মন্দবুদ্ধি আৰু অহংকাৰী আছিল; সেইবাবে সদায় “যুদ্ধ, যুদ্ধ” বুলি চিঞৰি থাকিছিল। তাৰ হৃদয়ত ক্ৰূৰতা ভৰি আছিল। সি সদায় অমর্ষে জ্বলি থাকিছিল; পৰাক্ৰমী হৈও অসন্তুষ্টই ৰ’ল—সেই কাৰণেই তাৰ দুৰ্গতি হ’ল। কিন্তু আপুনি শাস্ত্ৰজ্ঞ, মেধাৱী আৰু সদায় সত্যনিষ্ঠ; আপোনাৰ দৰে বুদ্ধিমান আৰু সাধুজন মোহৰ বশীভূত নহয়।

Word by Word

• श्रुतवान्: learned (one who has heard/learned the scriptures)
• श्रुतवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुतवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असि: you are
• असि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: Present, 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मेधावी: intelligent, wise
• मेधावी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मेधाविन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्यवान्: truthful
• सत्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed, certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• नित्यदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यदा

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• मुह्यन्ति: are deluded, become confused
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह् (धातु)
• Form: Present, 3, Plural, Parasmaipada

• ईदृशाः: such (people)
• ईदृशाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सन्तः: good people, virtuous persons
• सन्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• बुद्धिमन्तः: intelligent (people)
• बुद्धिमन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बुद्धिमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भवादृशाः: like you (persons of your kind)
• भवादृशाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भवादृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशमग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A life driven solely by the craving for conflict—marked by arrogance, cruelty, and chronic dissatisfaction—erodes dharma and culminates in ruin; by contrast, the learned and truth-committed are not easily swept away by delusion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana characterizes a war-obsessed person whose neglect of dharma and inner vices lead to a bad end, and then addresses the listener as a learned, wise, truth-oriented person who should not succumb to मोह (bewilderment).