Shloka 52
न हाहं तत्र यास्यामि स्थितो<5स्मीति निवेद्यताम् | मत्संश्रयादिमे दूता: सुखिनो भ्रातरो हि मे,उन्होंने वहाँकी दुःसह दुर्गन्न्धसे संतप्त होकर देवदूतसे कहा--“तुम जिनके दूत हो उनके पास लौट जाओ । मैं वहाँ नहीं चलूँगा। यहीं ठहर गया हूँ, अपने मालिकोंको इसकी सूचना दे देना। यहाँ ठहरनेका कारण यह है कि मेरे निकट रहनेसे यहाँ मेरे इन दुखी भाई- बन्धुओंको सुख मिलता है”
na hāhaṃ tatra yāsyāmi sthito ’smīti nivedyatām | matsaṃśrayād ime dūtāḥ sukhino bhrātaro hi me ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “No—I will not go there. Report that I have resolved to remain here. For by taking refuge near me, these my brothers—though afflicted—find some measure of comfort.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights compassion as a higher ethical commitment than personal gain: the speaker chooses to remain with suffering ‘brothers’ because his presence gives them relief, prioritizing solidarity and responsibility over a promised better state elsewhere.
In Svargarohana, a messenger urges the protagonist toward a higher destination, but he refuses and asks the messenger to report that he will stay where he is, because those around him—whom he calls his brothers—derive comfort from his proximity.