Mahabharata 1.140.73 — Adi Parva, Adhyaya 140, Shloka 73
Hiḍimba’s Approach and Hiḍimbā’s Warning to Bhīmasena (हिडिम्बागमनम् / हिडिम्बा-भयवचनम्)
न संशयमनारुहा नरो भद्राणि पश्यति । संशयं पुनरारुह्य यदि जीवति पश्यति,कष्ट सहे बिना मनुष्य कल्याणका दर्शन नहीं करता। प्राण-संकटमें पड़कर यदि वह पुनः जीवित रह जाता है तो अपना भला देखता है
na saṁśayam anāruhya naro bhadrāṇi paśyati | saṁśayaṁ punar āruhya yadi jīvati paśyati ||
人はまず疑いと危難の峰に登らねば、真に益となるものを見定めることはできぬ。だがその危地に踏み入り、なお生きて帰ることができれば、そのときこそ己が善を悟るのである。
कणिक उवाच
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True welfare is often recognized only after one has faced uncertainty and danger; surviving hardship clarifies what is beneficial and how to value it.
Kaṇika is offering counsel in the Adi Parva, using a maxim-like statement to argue that people learn and perceive their good only when pressed by crisis and risk.
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