Shloka 11

Devanagari script

दुःखोपघाते शारीरे मानसे चाप्युपस्थिते | यस्मिन्‌ न शक्यते कर्तु यलस्तन्नानुचिन्तयेत्‌,यदि कोई शारीरिक या मानसिक दुःख उपस्थित हो जाय और उसे दूर करनेके लिये कोई यत्न किया जा सके अथवा किया हुआ यत्न काम न दे सके तो उसके लिये चिन्ता नहीं करनी चाहिये

Transliteration

duḥkhopaghāte śārīre mānase cāpy upasthite | yasmin na śakyate kartuṃ yatnas tan nānucintayet ||

Translation

Nārada said: When bodily or mental suffering has arisen, one should not brood over it. If it is something for which an effort can be made, then act; and if, even after effort, it cannot be remedied, then too one should not sink into anxious rumination.

Word by Word

दुःखोपघातेin the affliction of suffering

शारीरेin the bodily (sphere)

मानसेin the mental (sphere)

चand

अपिalso/even

उपस्थितेwhen (it is) present/has arisen

यस्मिन्in which/when

नnot

शक्यतेis possible/can be done

कर्तुम्to do

यत्नःeffort

तत्that (thing/situation)

नnot

अनुचिन्तयेत्should not worry/ponder over

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Do not waste the mind in anxious brooding over pain. If a remedy is possible, apply effort; if it is not possible (or effort fails), accept the limit calmly and refrain from obsessive worry.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on right conduct and inner peace, Nārada offers practical counsel on responding to inevitable bodily and mental distress with effort where effective and equanimity where not.