Shloka 37

पञ्चवर्णोत्पत्तिः — The Origin of the Five-Colored Fiery Being and Ritual-Disruptor Lineages

Devanagari script

अजसमेव दु:खार्तो5दु:ःखित: सुखसंज्ञित: । ततो<निवृत्तबन्धत्वात्‌ कर्मणामुदयादपि

Transliteration

ajasam eva duḥkhārto 'duḥkhitaḥ sukhasaṃjñitaḥ | tato 'nivṛttabandhatvāt karmaṇām udayād api ||

Translation

„Ein Mensch, obgleich er wahrhaft vom Kummer gequält ist, gilt (und hält sich selbst) für ‘nicht bekümmert’ und ‘glücklich’, weil er sich nicht von der Anhaftung zurückgezogen hat. Ja, selbst wenn die Früchte der Taten aufgehen, bleibt die Fessel bestehen, solange Anhaftung bleibt.“

Word by Word

अजसम्continually, incessantly

एवindeed, just

दुःखार्तःafflicted by sorrow

अदुःखितःnot sorrowful, untroubled

सुखसंज्ञितःcalled/considered happy

ततःthereupon, then; from that

अनिवृत्तबन्धत्वात्because of the state of unbroken bondage

कर्मणाम्of actions (karmas)

उदयात्from arising, from the rise

अपिalso, even

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

व्याध (the hunter)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Suffering and happiness are often labels sustained by attachment. As long as one does not withdraw from attachment, one remains bound—even when actions ‘bear fruit’; liberation requires turning back from clinging, not merely changing external circumstances.

What is happening in the narrative?

The hunter (Vyādha), instructing on dharma, explains the psychology of bondage: people may appear or claim to be happy despite real distress, because attachment continues; he uses this to emphasize renunciation of attachment as the ethical-spiritual remedy.