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Shloka 34

ब्राह्मणानुयात्रा—शौनकोपदेशः

Brāhmaṇas Follow into Exile and Śaunaka’s Instruction

रागाभिभूत: पुरुष: कामेन परिकृष्यते । इच्छा संजायते तस्य ततस्तृष्णा विवर्धते,“रागके वशीभूत हुए पुरुषको काम अपनी ओर आकृष्ट कर लेता है। फिर उसके मनमें कामभोगकी इच्छा जाग उठती है। तत्पश्चात्‌ तृष्णा बढ़ने लगती है। तृष्णा सबसे बढ़कर पापिष्ठ (पापमें प्रवृत्त करनेवाली) तथा नित्य उद्वेग करनेवाली बतायी गयी है। उसके द्वारा प्राय: अधर्म ही होता है। वह अत्यन्त भयंकर पापाबन्धनमें डालनेवाली है

rāgābhibhūtaḥ puruṣaḥ kāmena parikṛṣyate | icchā sañjāyate tasya tatastṛṣṇā vivardhate ||

Ketika seseorang dikuasai oleh rāga (keterlekatan), kāma (hasrat) menyeretnya. Lalu timbul keinginan untuk menikmati objek-objek indria; sesudah itu tṛṣṇā (dahaga/ketamakan) makin membesar.

रागाभिभूतःovercome by passion
रागाभिभूतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootरागाभिभूत (राग + अभि + भू + क्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुरुषःman/person
पुरुषः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कामेनby desire/lust
कामेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकाम
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
परिकृष्यतेis drawn/dragged (towards)
परिकृष्यते:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootकृष्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Passive (Karmani)
इच्छाdesire/wish
इच्छा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootइच्छा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
संजायतेarises/is born
संजायते:
TypeVerb
Rootजन्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Middle (Ātmanepada)
तस्यof him/of that (person)
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
ततःthen/thereupon
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (तद्)
तृष्णाcraving/thirst
तृष्णा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतृष्णा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
विवर्धतेincreases/grows
विवर्धते:
TypeVerb
Rootवृध्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Middle (Ātmanepada)

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

Attachment (rāga) is presented as the first link in a moral chain: once it dominates the mind, desire (kāma) pulls the person, giving rise to intention/wish (icchā), which then expands into craving (tṛṣṇā). The implied lesson is that restraining attachment early prevents the later escalation into restless, ethically harmful craving.

Vaiśampāyana is explaining a general principle about human conduct: how inner attachment develops into desire and then into ever-growing craving. The verse functions as ethical instruction within the broader Vana Parva discourse, warning how unchecked passions lead one away from dharma.