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Shloka 53

अध्याय ८ — शल्यस्य सत्कारः, वरदानं, पाण्डवसमागमश्च (Śalya’s Reception, the Boon, and Meeting the Pāṇḍavas)

महातेजस्वी वीरवर युधिष्ठिर! तुमने द्यूतसभामें द्रौपदीके साथ जो दुःख उठाया है

duḥkhāni hi mahātmānaḥ prāpnuvanti yudhiṣṭhira | devair api hi duḥkhāni prāptāni jagatīpate ||

“Ô Yudhiṣṭhira, le plus vaillant des héros, toi dont l’éclat est grand : la souffrance que tu enduras dans la salle du jeu de dés avec Draupadī ; les paroles cruelles que te lança Karṇa, le fils du cocher ; et la grande détresse que Draupadī subit à cause de Jaṭāsura et de Kīcaka — aussi funeste que celle que Damayantī connut jadis —, toutes ces peines se changeront un jour en bonheur pour toi. Ne t’afflige donc pas ; car le décret du destin est d’une force extrême. Oui, les douleurs atteignent les âmes magnanimes, ô Yudhiṣṭhira ; même les dieux, ô seigneur de la terre, ont dû endurer le chagrin. Ne te lamente pas : l’ordonnance du sort est toute-puissante, et les peines que tu as portées mûriront, avec le temps, en ton bien.”

दुःखानिsorrows, sufferings
दुःखानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदुःख
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
हिindeed, for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
महात्मानःgreat-souled persons
महात्मानः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहात्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
प्राप्तुवन्तिobtain, meet with
प्राप्तुवन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्राप्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
युधिष्ठिरO Yudhiṣṭhira
युधिष्ठिर:
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
देवैःby the gods; even by gods
देवैः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
अपिeven, also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
हिindeed, for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
दुःखानिsorrows, sufferings
दुःखानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदुःख
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
प्राप्तानिobtained, experienced
प्राप्तानि:
TypeVerb
Rootप्राप्
FormPast Passive Participle (kta), Neuter, Nominative, Plural
जगतीपतेO lord of the earth
जगतीपते:
TypeNoun
Rootजगतीपति
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

शल्य उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
T
the gods (deva)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches endurance and moral steadiness: suffering is not a sign of personal failure, since even the noblest and even the gods encounter sorrow. One should therefore bear adversity without despair, trusting that time and destiny can transform hardship into future good.

Śalya addresses Yudhiṣṭhira in the Udyoga Parva, consoling him as the great war approaches. He reframes the Pandavas’ past humiliations and trials as part of a powerful destiny, urging Yudhiṣṭhira to abandon grief and stand firm in his kingly duty.