Shloka 6

Dvaītavana: Brahmaghoṣa, Rṣi-saṅgha, and Baka Dālbhyā’s Upadeśa to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

सुखोचितमदु:खार्ह दुरात्मा ससुहृदूगण: । ईदृशं दुःखमानीय मोदते पापपूरुष:,आप सुख भोगनेके योग्य हैं। दुःखके योग्य कदापि नहीं हैं, तो भी आपको ऐसे दुःखमें डालकर वह पापाचारी दुरात्मा अपने मित्रोंक साथ आनन्दित हो रहा है

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

sukhocitam aduḥkhārha durātmā sasuhr̥dūgaṇaḥ |

īdṛśaṃ duḥkham ānīya modate pāpapūruṣaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “You are fit for happiness, accustomed to comfort, and not deserving of suffering. Yet that wicked, sinful man—bringing upon you such misery—rejoices together with his circle of friends.”

Word by Word

सुखोचितम्fit for happiness/comfort

अदुःखार्हम्not deserving of sorrow

दुरात्माthe wicked-souled man

ससुहृद्गणःtogether with a group of friends

ईदृशम्such (of this kind)

दुःखम्sorrow, suffering

आनीयhaving brought/caused (to come)

मोदतेrejoices, takes delight

पापपूरुषःthe sinful man

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

an unnamed wicked/sinful man (durātmā, pāpapūruṣaḥ)

his friends (suhr̥d-gaṇa)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse condemns the ethical perversity of taking joy in another’s undeserved suffering, portraying such delight as a mark of sin (pāpa) and a corrupted mind (durātmā).

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) describes a situation where a virtuous or undeserving person is forced into misery, while the wrongdoer who caused it celebrates with his companions.