Shloka 15
स्यात् तु मद्धाग्यदोषो<5यं याहं युष्मानजीजनम् । दुःखायासभुजो व्यर्थ युक्तानप्युत्तमैर्गुणै:,यह मेरे ही भाग्यका दोष हो सकता है। तुम तो उत्तम गुणोंसे युक्त हो तो भी अत्यन्त दुःख और कष्ट भोगनेके लिये ही मैंने तुम्हें जन्म दिया है
syāt tu madbhāgyadoṣo 'yaṃ yāhaṃ yuṣmān ajījanam | duḥkhāyāsabhujo vyarthaṃ yuktān apy uttamair guṇaiḥ ||
This may indeed be a fault of my own destiny—that I gave birth to you. Though you are endowed with the highest virtues, it seems I have brought you forth only for the futile lot of enduring sorrow and hardship.
वैशमग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames suffering as something that can be experienced even by the virtuous, and it voices a moral anguish that attributes misfortune to one’s own fate. It highlights the tension between personal virtue and the seeming arbitrariness of worldly pain, prompting reflection on karma, destiny, and responsibility.
In Vaiśaṃpāyana’s narration, a speaker laments that despite the addressees being endowed with excellent qualities, they are destined to endure great sorrow and hardship, and the speaker blames their own ill fortune for having brought them into such a life.