Shloka 353
व्यनाशयजन्नमर्यादा दानवा दुष्टचारिण: । स्वर्गवासियोंके परम प्रिय समस्त देवोद्यानों, ऋषियोंके पवित्र आश्रमों तथा रमणीय जनपदोंको भी वे मर्यादाशून्य दुराचारी दानव नष्ट-भ्रष्ट कर देते थे
vyanāśayajjan amaryādā dānavā duṣṭacāriṇaḥ | svargavāsīnāṃ parama-priyāṇi samastāni devodyānāni, ṛṣīṇāṃ pavitrāṇy āśramāṇi tathā ramaṇīyān janapadān api te maryādāśūnyā durācārī dānavā naṣṭa-bhraṣṭaṃ kurvanti sma |
ドゥルヨーダナは言った。「法の境を失い、悪行に耽るダーナヴァどもは、あらゆるものを荒らし尽くして回った。天界の住人が最も愛する天苑の園も、仙人たちの清浄なる庵も、麗しい国々も――その無軌道で邪悪なダーナヴァどもは、ことごとく破壊し汚したのだ。」
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights how abandoning maryādā—ethical and social limits—leads to adharma that does not stop at personal wrongdoing but expands into the destruction of sacred, communal, and life-sustaining spaces (gardens, hermitages, and regions).
Duryodhana describes the havoc caused by lawless Dānavas: they devastate even the most cherished celestial gardens, the holy āśramas of sages, and pleasant human settlements, portraying a world thrown into disorder by unchecked wickedness.