Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 97
यद्भवानाह धर्मिष्ठाः सदा दुःखस्य भागिनः । तन्मिथ्या दुःखजालानि पश्यामः पापिनामपि
yadbhavānāha dharmiṣṭhāḥ sadā duḥkhasya bhāginaḥ | tanmithyā duḥkhajālāni paśyāmaḥ pāpināmapi
Ce que tu dis—que les plus justes sont toujours héritiers de la douleur—est mensonge. Car nous voyons des filets de souffrance même parmi les pécheurs.
Nandabhadra
Listener: Satyavrata
Scene: Nandabhadra counters calmly: pointing to examples of suffering among sinners; a moral-logic tableau with contrasting figures—pious ascetic and sinful man—both touched by sorrow, illustrating the argument.
FAQs
Suffering is not a proof against dharma; pain is observed across moral conditions, so dharma must be judged by deeper principles than mere comfort.
None; the verse is ethical reasoning within a dialogue.
None.