Shloka 303

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Remorse and Vyāsa’s Teaching on Impermanence (Śoka-nivāraṇa)

Devanagari script

संयोगा विप्रयोगान्ता मरणान्तं हि जीवितम्‌ । सम्पूर्ण संग्रहोंका अन्त विनाश है, सारी उन्नतियोंका अन्त पतन है, संयोगोंका अन्त वियोग है और जीवनका अन्त मरण है

Transliteration

saṃyogā viprayogāntā maraṇāntaṃ hi jīvitam |

Translation

Vyāsa declares a universal law of impermanence: every coming-together ends in separation, and life itself inevitably ends in death. The verse urges sober discernment—do not cling to possessions, relationships, or worldly rise, for all compounded states culminate in dissolution; therefore one should ground one’s conduct in dharma rather than in transient gains.

Word by Word

• संयोगाः: associations, unions
• संयोगाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयोग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विप्रयोगान्ताः: ending in separation
• विप्रयोगान्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विप्रयोगान्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मरणान्तम्: ending in death
• मरणान्तम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मरणान्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• जीवितम्: life
• जीवितम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa