Shloka 286

Devanagari script

द्रष्टा लोक: पतितानप्यगाधे पापैर्जुष्टे नरके पाण्डवेय । 'पाण्डुनन्दन! ऐसा हो जानेपर संसारके मनुष्य हमें फिर इस प्रकार स्ट्री-पुत्रोंके संयोगसे रहित, राज्य नष्ट होनेके कारण सुखसे वंचित तथा पापियोंद्वारा सेवित अगाध नरकतुल्य कष्टमें गिरा हुआ नहीं देखेंगे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | draṣṭā lokaḥ patitān apy agādhe pāpair juṣṭe narake pāṇḍaveya |

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「パーンドゥの末裔よ、世の人々は、堕ちた者たちさえ目にするだろう――罪にまみれ、底知れぬ奈落へと沈み込んだ者たちを。」

Word by Word

द्रष्टाwill see / the seer (one who will see)

लोकःthe world / people

पतितान्fallen

अपिeven / also

अगाधेin the unfathomable (deep)

पापैःby sins

जुष्टेfrequented/inhabited (by)

नरकेin hell

पाण्डवेयO descendant of the Pāṇḍus

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pāṇḍava (Pāṇḍaveya)

loka (the people/world)

naraka (hell)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the ethical idea that sinful conduct (pāpa) leads to a visible and profound downfall—so severe it is likened to a bottomless hell—serving as a warning that moral collapse becomes evident to the wider world (loka).

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, addresses a Pāṇḍava (pāṇḍaveya) and describes a condition of extreme ruin: people will see the fallen plunged into an unfathomable, sin-filled hellish suffering, reflecting the catastrophic stakes of the war and its moral consequences.