Shloka 27

Devanagari script

येषु विप्रतिपद्यन्ते घट्सु मोहातू फलागमम्‌ । तेष्वध्यवसिताध्यायी विन्दते ध्यानजं फलम्‌,सभी मनुष्य इन छः इन्द्रियोंके शब्द आदि विषयोंमें उनसे प्राप्त होनेवाले सुखरूप फल पानेके सम्बन्धमें मोहसे संशयमें पड़ जाते हैं। परंतु जो उनके दोषोंका अनुसंधान करनेवाला वीतराग पुरुष है, वह उनका निग्रह करके ध्यानजनित आनन्दका अनुभव करता है

Transliteration

yeṣu vipratipadyante ṣaṭsu mohāt phalāgamam | teṣv adhyavasitādhyāyī vindate dhyānajaṃ phalam ||

Translation

The hunter said: “People become deluded and fall into doubt about the ‘fruit’—the pleasure they expect to obtain—from the six sense-fields such as sound and the rest. But the dispassionate man, intent on examining their defects and firmly resolved in inner discipline, restrains them and attains the fruit born of meditation—the joy that arises from contemplation rather than from the senses.”

Word by Word

येषुin which (among whom/which)

विप्रतिपद्यन्तेbecome perplexed / fall into doubt

षट्सुin six

मोहात्from delusion / due to delusion

फलागमम्the coming/attainment of fruit (result)

तेषुin those (matters)

अध्यवसिताध्यायीone who is resolute and contemplative / a steadfast meditator

विन्दतेfinds / attains

ध्यानजम्born of meditation

फलम्fruit / result

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

vyādha (the hunter, speaker)

Ṣ

ṣaḍ-indriya/ṣaṭ (the six sense-domains: sound etc.)

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?

Sense-objects create confusion because people chase pleasure as the ‘fruit’ of the six sensory fields. A dispassionate person investigates their defects, restrains the senses, and gains a higher, meditation-born joy that is steadier and ethically purifying.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Vana Parva’s dialogue where the hunter instructs on dharma, the speaker (vyādha) contrasts ordinary people’s doubt-driven pursuit of sensory pleasure with the disciplined seeker who practices restraint and attains contemplative happiness.