Shloka 9

व्याधि-गुण-साम्योपदेशः | Discourse on Affliction, Guṇa-Equilibrium, and the Inner Battle

Devanagari script

प्रत्राजनं च नगरादजिनैश्न विवासनम्‌ । महारण्यनिवासश्न न तस्य स्मर्तुमिच्छसि

Transliteration

pratrājanaṃ ca nagarād ajinaiś ca nivāsanam | mahāraṇya-nivāsaṃ ca na tasya smartum icchasi ||

Translation

Kalian diusir dari kota, dipakaikan kulit rusa, dan dipaksa menjalani pembuangan; kalian harus tinggal di rimba yang luas dan mengerikan. Apakah engkau sungguh tak ingin mengingat apa yang telah diperbuat terhadapmu?

Word by Word

• प्रत्राजनम्: banishment/expulsion
• प्रत्राजनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्राजन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• नगरात्: from the city
• नगरात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगर
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• अजिनैः: with deer-skins
• अजिनैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजिन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• विवासनम्: causing to dwell away; exile
• विवासनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवासन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महा-अरण्य-निवासम्: dwelling in the great forest
• महा-अरण्य-निवासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• तस्य: of that; of those (things)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• स्मर्तुम्: to remember
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• इच्छसि: you wish/desire
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• nagara (city)
• ajina (deerskin)
• mahāraṇya (great forest)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical weight of injustice and humiliation: forced exile and hardship are not trivial events to be forgotten. Remembering wrongdoing can be a moral impetus to seek rightful redress and uphold dharma, rather than suppressing legitimate grievance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva addresses the listener by recalling past sufferings—expulsion from the city, being made to wear deerskins, and living in terrifying forests—challenging them on why they would refuse to remember these injuries.