Shloka 1

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वमें अणीमाण्डव्योपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ छठा अध्याय पूरा हुआ ॥/ १०६ ॥/ अपन क्रात छा अ---क्ाज सप्ताधिकशततमो< ध्याय: माण्डव्यका धर्मराजको शाप देना वैशम्पायन उवाच ततः स मुनिशार्दूलस्तानुवाच तपोधनान्‌ । दोषत: कं गमिष्यामि न हि मेडन्यो5पराध्यति,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--राजन्‌! तब उन मुनिश्रेष्ठने उन तपस्वी मुनियोंसे कहा--*मैं किसपर दोष लगाऊँ; दूसरे किसीने मेरा अपराध नहीं किया है”

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: tataḥ sa muniśārdūlas tān uvāca tapodhanān | doṣataḥ kaṃ gamiṣyāmi na hi me ’nyo ’parādhyati ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Then that tiger among sages addressed those ascetics rich in austerity: “Whom should I blame? For no one else has wronged me.” In this moment the narrative stresses ethical restraint: even amid suffering, the sage refuses to cast blame on others without just cause, turning the question of fault inward toward the true source of injustice.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

सःhe

मुनिशार्दूलःthe tiger among sages (best of sages)

तान्them

उवाचsaid, spoke

तपोधनान्those whose wealth is austerity (ascetics)

दोषतःby fault, on account of blame

कम्whom?

गमिष्यामिshall I go (to), shall I resort to

नnot

हिindeed, for

मेof me, my

अन्यःanother (person)

अपराध्यतिoffends, commits a fault

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

muniśārdūla (the eminent sage; contextually Māṇḍavya)

tapodhana sages (ascetics)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights ethical restraint in assigning blame: one should not accuse others without certainty of wrongdoing. It points toward careful discernment of responsibility and a dharmic reluctance to scapegoat.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that an eminent sage addresses a group of ascetics, declaring that he cannot place fault on anyone else because no other person has committed an offence against him—setting the tone for the ensuing discussion of justice and accountability in the Māṇḍavya-related episode.