Mahabharata 11.1.43 — Stree Parva, Adhyaya 1, Shloka 43

स्त्रीपर्व १: धृतराष्ट्रशोकः संजयाश्वासनं च

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

Devanagari script

विस्फुलिड्रा इव होतान्‌ दहन्ति किल मानवान्‌ | जहीहि मन्युं बुद्धया वै धारयात्मानमात्मना

Transliteration

visphuliṅgā iva hotān dahanti kila mānavān | jahīhi manyuṁ buddhyā vai dhārayātmānam ātmanā |

Translation

বৈশম্পায়ন বললেন—শোকের অশ্রু অগ্নিস্ফুলিঙ্গের মতোই মানুষকে সত্যিই দগ্ধ করে; অতএব ক্রোধ ও শোক ত্যাগ করো, এবং বুদ্ধির দ্বারা নিজেকে নিজেই স্থির করো।

Word by Word

• विस्फुलिङ्गाः: sparks
• विस्फुलिङ्गाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्फुलिङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• होतान्: hotṛ-priests (offerers)
• होतान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दहन्ति: burn
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• किल: indeed/it is said
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल

• मानवान्: men/humans
• मानवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• जहीहि: abandon/leave (you)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मन्युम्: wrath/anger/grief
• मन्युम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बुद्ध्या: by (your) intellect
• बुद्ध्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• वै: indeed/assuredly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• धारय: steady/hold (you)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आत्मानम्: yourself/mind
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आत्मना: by yourself/with your own self
• आत्मना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वैशमग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• mānavāḥ (human beings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Grief and anger, if indulged, scorch the person like fire-sparks; one should relinquish such agitation and stabilize the mind through buddhi (discernment) and self-mastery.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the opening of Strī-parvan, amid the post-war lamentation, Vaiśaṃpāyana reports counsel aimed at calming overwhelming sorrow: the speaker urges restraint, warning that tears and rage can become destructive and must be checked by inner discipline.