Shloka 92

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच क्रोध: सुदुर्जय: शत्रुलोंभो व्याधिरनन्तक: । सर्वभूतहित: साधुरसाधुर्निर्देय: स्मृत:,युधिष्ठिर बोले--क्रोध दुर्जय शत्रु है, लोभ अनन्त व्याधि है तथा जो समस्त प्राणियोंका हित करनेवाला हो, वही साधु है और निर्दयी पुरुषको ही असाधु माना गया है

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: krodhaḥ sudurjayaḥ śatrur lobho vyādhir anantakaḥ | sarvabhūtahitaḥ sādhur asādhur nirdayaḥ smṛtaḥ ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Anger is an enemy that is exceedingly hard to conquer; greed is a disease that leads without end. One who seeks the welfare of all beings is called a good person; the cruel and merciless man is remembered as the bad.”

Word by Word

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

उवाचsaid

क्रोधःanger

सुदुर्जयःvery hard to conquer

शत्रुःenemy

लोभःgreed

अनन्तकःendless; unending

व्याधिःdisease; affliction

सर्वभूतहितःbeneficial to all beings

साधुःa good man; virtuous person

असाधुःa bad man; wicked person

निर्दयःmerciless; cruel

स्मृतःis considered; is remembered as

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

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?

Anger and greed are portrayed as inner adversaries—anger as a hard-to-conquer enemy and greed as an endless disease—while true goodness is defined by universal benevolence; cruelty is the mark of the unvirtuous.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Vana Parva’s didactic setting, Yudhiṣṭhira articulates a moral definition of character: he contrasts destructive impulses (anger, greed) with the dharmic ideal of acting for the welfare of all beings, and condemns mercilessness as the sign of an asādhu.