Shloka 53

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 50 — Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Appraisal of Bhīmasena (भीमसेनभयवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

न तु मन्ये विघाताय ज्ञानं दुःखस्य संजय । भवत्यतिबलं होतज्ज्ञानस्थाप्युपघातकम्‌,संजय! मुझे तो ऐसा मालूम होता है कि ज्ञान दुःखका नाश नहीं कर सकता, अपितु प्रबल दुःख ही ज्ञानका भी नाश करनेवाला बन जाता है

Transliteration

na tu manye vighātāya jñānaṃ duḥkhasya sañjaya | bhavaty atibalaṃ hot taj jñānasthāpy upaghātakam ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “I do not think, Sañjaya, that knowledge can destroy sorrow. Rather, when grief becomes exceedingly powerful, it turns into a force that can even strike down and overwhelm one’s settled understanding.”

Word by Word

नnot

तुbut/however

मन्येI think/consider

विघातायfor destruction/for removal

ज्ञानम्knowledge

दुःखस्यof sorrow

संजयO Sanjaya

भवतिbecomes/is

अतिबलम्very strong/overpowering

हतत्destroyed/struck down

ज्ञानस्थापिeven knowledge (too)/even as to knowledge

उपघातकम्destructive/ruinous

संजयO Sanjaya

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Sañjaya

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