Shloka 26

Vyāsa’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira: Pratismṛti-vidyā, Arjuna’s Aśtra-Quest, and the Move to Kāmyaka

Devanagari script

इदं मे परमं दु:ःखं य: स पाप: सुयोधन:

Transliteration

idaṁ me paramaṁ duḥkhaṁ yaḥ sa pāpaḥ suyodhanaḥ

Translation

Éste es mi dolor más hondo: que Suyodhana, tan pecador en su conducta, haya llegado a ser lo que es.

Word by Word

• idam: this
• idam: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• me: of me / my
• me: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: genitive, singular

• paramam: supreme, greatest
• paramam: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• duḥkham: sorrow, grief
• duḥkham: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• saḥ: he, that (one)
• saḥ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• pāpaḥ: sinful, wicked
• pāpaḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• suyodhanaḥ: Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• suyodhanaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: suyodhana
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Suyodhana (Duryodhana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames moral wrongdoing (pāpa) as a cause of profound human suffering: the speaker’s greatest grief is not merely external loss, but the ethical corruption embodied by Suyodhana, highlighting how adharma becomes a source of enduring sorrow.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Vaishampayana’s narration, a character’s lament is reported: the speaker expresses intense grief centered on Suyodhana (Duryodhana), describing him as pāpa (wicked), thereby setting an emotional and ethical tone for the surrounding episode in the forest-book narrative.