Shloka 11

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 147 — Kanyā-paridevita

The daughter’s lament on lineage and protection

Devanagari script

स पाप: कोषवांश्वैव ससहायश्च दुर्मति: । अस्मानपि च पापात्मा नित्यकालं प्रबाधते,“पापी दुर्योधनके पास खजाना है और उसके बहुत-से सहायक भी हैं; इसीलिये वह दुर्बुद्धि पापात्मा सदा हमें सताया करता है

Transliteration

sa pāpaḥ koṣavāṁś caiva sasahāyaś ca durmatiḥ | asmān api ca pāpātmā nityakālaṁ prabādhate ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Jener sündige Mann besitzt Reichtum und Schatzkammern und hat zudem viele Verbündete. Darum bedrängt uns dieser von bösem Sinn und sündiger Seele unablässig.“

Word by Word

सःhe (that one)

पापःsinful, wicked

कोषवान्possessing a treasury/wealthy

एवindeed, surely

स-सहायःwith helpers/allies

चand

दुर्मतिःevil-minded one, of bad intellect

अस्मान्us

अपिalso, even

चand

पापात्माwicked-souled person

नित्य-कालम्at all times, always

प्रबाधतेharasses, oppresses

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Duryodhana

koṣa (treasury)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights an ethical warning: wealth and allies can empower an unrighteous person to oppress others, showing how external power without dharma becomes a tool of continual harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes how Duryodhana, backed by resources (a treasury) and supporters, persistently troubles the opposing side (implicitly the Pāṇḍavas and their well-wishers), emphasizing the imbalance created by political power and factional support.