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

વૈશંપાયન બોલ્યા—અધર્મમાં રુચિ ધરાવતા મૂઢ લોકો તિર્યગ્ગતિને જ વરે છે; પશુ-પક્ષી વગેરે નીચ યોનિઓમાં જન્મ લે છે. તે કષ્ટદાયક યોનિઓમાં પડી તેઓ સુખ પામતા નથી.

Word by Word

• अधर्मरुचयः: those whose liking is for adharma (unrighteousness)
• अधर्मरुचयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधर्म-रुचि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मूढाः: deluded, foolish
• मूढाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूढ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तिर्यग्गतिपरायणाः: devoted to/ending up in the animal course of existence
• तिर्यग्गतिपरायणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिर्यग्गति-परायण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कृच्छाम्: painful, distressing
• कृच्छाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृच्छा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• योनिम्: womb; birth; species/state of birth
• योनिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अनुप्राप्ताः: having reached/attained
• अनुप्राप्ताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-प्राप्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• सुखम्: happiness, comfort
• सुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विन्दते: finds, obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (विन्द्)
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

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.