Shloka 37

Devanagari script

स तप्यमानो वैवर्ण्य कृशत्वं चागमत्‌ परम्‌ | भविष्यति हि मे शत्रु: संवर्तो वसुमानिति,वे चिन्ताके मारे पीले पड़ गये और यह सोचकर कि "मेरा शत्रु संवर्त बहुत धनी हो जायगा” उनका शरीर अत्यन्त दुर्बल हो गया

Transliteration

sa tapyamāno vaivarṇyaṃ kṛśatvaṃ cāgamat param | bhaviṣyati hi me śatruḥ saṃvarto vasumān iti |

Translation

Von innerer Glut und Angst gequält, wurde er bleich und magerte bis zum Äußersten ab, indem er dachte: „Mein Feind Saṃvarta wird gewiss reich werden.“

Word by Word

सःhe

तप्यमानःbeing tormented / suffering

वैवर्ण्यम्paleness, loss of color

कृशत्वम्emaciation, thinness

चand

अगमत्went to, attained

परम्extreme, utmost

भविष्यतिwill be, will become

हिindeed, for

मेmy, of me

शत्रुःenemy

संवर्तःSamvarta (proper name)

वसुमान्wealthy, possessing riches

इतिthus (quoting)

Speaker

संवर्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

Saṃvarta

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that jealousy and fixation on an enemy’s success burns the mind and manifests as physical decline; ethical self-mastery requires abandoning envy and resentment.

What is happening in the narrative?

A person, distressed by the thought that his enemy Saṃvarta will become rich, grows pale and extremely emaciated—showing how fear and envy overpower him.