Shloka 256
अश्रमवासिनां विषादः — Lament in Hastināpura after the Elders’ Forest Withdrawal
Devanagari script
विद्यते न भयं चापि परलोकान्ममानघा: । “इसमें संदेह नहीं कि मैं आपलोगोंके दर्शनमात्रसे पवित्र हो गया। निष्पाप महर्षियो! अब मुझे परलोकसे कोई भय नहीं है
Transliteration
vidyate na bhayaṃ cāpi paralokān mamānaghāḥ |
Translation
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「罪なき聖仙たちよ、我は来世を少しも恐れぬ。まことに、汝らを拝するだけで我は清められた。ゆえに疑いない――彼岸はもはや我に恐怖をもたらさぬ。」
Word by Word
विद्यतेexists / is found
विद्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (लभ्/सत्-अर्थे; √विद् in sense 'to be found/exist')
FormLat (Present Indicative), Atmanepada, 3rd, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
भयम्fear
भयम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभय
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अपिalso / even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
परलोकात्from the other world / from the hereafter
परलोकात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootपरलोक
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
ममof me / my
मम:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
अनघाःO sinless ones
अनघाः:
TypeAdjective
Rootअनघ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Plural
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśaṃpāyanaS
sinless sages (ṛṣayaḥ)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Association with the righteous—especially the direct sight (darśana) of sinless sages—is portrayed as spiritually purifying and as removing anxiety about one’s fate after death (paraloka).
In Vaiśaṃpāyana’s narration, a speaker expresses confidence about the hereafter, declaring that meeting and beholding the sages has purified him and dispelled any fear of the next world.