Shloka 81
Sabhā Parva, Adhyāya 68 — Pāṇḍavānāṃ Vanavāsa-prasthānaḥ; Duḥśāsana-nindā; Pāṇḍava-pratijñāḥ
हृतस्वस्य हि यद् दुःखं हतपुत्रस्य चैव यत् । ऋणिन: प्रति यच्चैव स्वार्थाद् भ्रष्टस्य चैव यत्
hṛtasvasya hi yad duḥkhaṃ hataputrasya caiva yat | ṛṇinaḥ prati yac caiva svārthād bhraṣṭasya caiva yat ||
Kāśyapa sprach: „Der Schmerz dessen, dem man den Besitz geraubt hat; der Schmerz dessen, dessen Sohn erschlagen wurde; die Bedrängnis dessen, der von Gläubigern gestellt wird; und die Qual dessen, der von seinem rechtmäßigen Nutzen und Ziel abgefallen ist—all dies sind Leiden, schwer und verzehrend.“
कश्यप उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse catalogs major sources of human anguish—loss of wealth, loss of a child, pressure of debt, and falling away from one’s rightful purpose—highlighting how worldly attachments and social obligations generate intense suffering, a point often used to ground ethical reflection on restraint, responsibility, and dharmic conduct.
Kāśyapa is speaking and, by listing comparable forms of distress, frames a discussion about the weight of different kinds of suffering. The verse functions as a moral-psychological observation within the broader discourse of the chapter.