Vana Parva Adhyaya 260 Shloka 19 - Mahabharata | French | Vedapath

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Shloka 19

Daśagrīva-boonāvaraṇa, Viṣṇv-avatāra-niyoga, Vānara-sahāya-janana, Mantharā-nirmāṇa

Devanagari script

अधर्मरुचयो मूढास्तिर्यग्गतिपरायणा: । कृच्छाां योनिमनुप्राप्ता न सुखं विन्दते जना:

Transliteration

adharmarucayo mūḍhās tiryaggatiparāyaṇāḥ | kṛcchrāṃ yonim anuprāptā na sukhaṃ vindate janāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : Ceux qui, dans leur égarement, se plaisent dans l’adharma s’attachent à une voie d’existence semblable à celle des bêtes, renaissant dans les matrices inférieures (tiryak), parmi les animaux et les oiseaux. Tombés dans ces naissances douloureuses, ils ne trouvent pas le bonheur.

Word by Word

अधर्मरुचयःthose whose liking is for adharma (unrighteousness)

मूढाःdeluded, foolish

तिर्यग्गतिपरायणाःdevoted to/ending up in the animal course of existence

कृच्छाम्painful, distressing

योनिम्womb; birth; species/state of birth

अनुप्राप्ताःhaving reached/attained

नnot

सुखम्happiness, comfort

विन्दतेfinds, obtains

जनाःpeople

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Delight in adharma (unrighteous conduct) leads to a degraded mode of existence and suffering; ethical choices shape future births and the capacity for happiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana delivers a moral statement within the Vana Parva discourse, explaining karmic consequences: those inclined to adharma are said to fall into painful non-human births and fail to attain happiness there.