Shloka 49

रावण–मारीचसंवादः तथा मृगप्रलोभनपूर्वकं सीताहरणोपक्रमः

Rāvaṇa–Mārīca Dialogue and the Decoy-Deer Prelude to Sītā’s Abduction

Devanagari script

सुखस्यानन्तरं दुःखं दुःखस्यानन्तरं सुखम्‌ | पर्यायेणोपसर्पन्ते नरं नेमिमरा इव,मनुष्यपर सुखके बाद दुःख और दुःखके बाद सुख बारी-बारीसे आते रहते हैं। जैसे अरे नेमिसे जुड़े हुए ऊँचे-नीचे आते रहते हैं, वैसे ही मनुष्यका दुःख-सुखसे सम्बन्ध होता रहता है

Transliteration

sukhasyānantaraṃ duḥkhaṃ duḥkhasyānantaraṃ sukham | paryāyeṇopasarpante naraṃ nemimarā iva ||

Translation

Vyāsa said: After happiness comes sorrow, and after sorrow comes happiness. They approach a person in turn, like the spokes attached to a wheel’s rim that alternately rise and fall—so does human life remain bound to the cycle of joy and grief.

Word by Word

सुखस्यof happiness

अनन्तरम्immediately after

दुःखम्sorrow

दुःखस्यof sorrow

अनन्तरम्immediately after

सुखम्happiness

पर्यायेणin turn, alternately

उपसर्पन्तेapproach, come near

नरम्a man

नेमिम्the felly/rim (of a wheel)

अराspokes

इवlike, as

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

wheel rim (nemi)

wheel spokes (ara)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes