Mahabharata 11.2.283 — Stree Parva, Adhyaya 2, Shloka 283
Strī Parva, Adhyāya 2 — Vidura’s Consolation on Kāla, Karma, and the Limits of Lamentation (विदुरोपदेशः)
मानुषा मानसैर्दु:खैर्दहान्ते चाल्पबुद्धय: । मन्दबुद्धि मनुष्य ही अप्रिय वस्तुका संयोग और प्रिय वस्तुका वियोग होनेपर मानसिक दुःखोंसे दग्ध होने लगते हैं
mānuṣā mānasair duḥkhair dahyante cālpabuddhayaḥ | mandabuddhi-manuṣyā hi apriya-vastuka-saṃyoge priya-vastuka-viyoge ca mānasair duḥkhair dagdhā bhavanti |
अल्पबुद्धि मनुष्य मानसिक दुःखों से दग्ध होते हैं; अप्रिय वस्तु का संयोग या प्रिय वस्तु का वियोग होने पर वे भीतर ही भीतर जल उठते हैं।
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Mental anguish intensifies in those lacking discernment: attachment to the pleasant and aversion to the unpleasant make the mind burn when faced with unwanted contact or the loss of what is loved.
In the Stree Parva’s lament-filled aftermath of the war, Vidura offers reflective counsel, diagnosing how ordinary people become inwardly tormented by the mind’s reactions to separation and unwanted encounters.
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