Shloka 10

Rājasūyābhiṣeka-darśana: Duryodhana’s Observation of the Consecration

Devanagari script

शयनानि महाहाणि योषितश्ष मनोरमा: । गुणवन्ति च वेश्मानि विहाराश्च यथासुखम्‌,बहुमूल्य शय्याएँ, मनको प्रिय लगनेवाली युवतियाँ, सभी ऋतुओंमें लाभदायक भवन और इच्छानुसार सुख देनेवाले विहारस्थान--देवताओंकी भाँति ये सभी वस्तुएँ नि:संदेह तुम्हें वाणीद्वारा कहनेमात्रसे सुलभ हैं। मेरे दुर्धर्ष पुत्र! फिर तुम दीनकी भाँति क्‍यों शोक करते हो?

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | śayanāni mahārhāṇi yoṣitaś ca manoramāḥ | guṇavanti ca veśmāni vihārāś ca yathāsukham ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「高価な寝台、心を奪う美女、整え尽くされた館、望むままに歓楽を与える遊苑——神々のごとく、これらはすべて、ただ一言の命によって確かにそなたの手に入る。おお、わが不落の子よ、それなのに、なぜ貧しき者のように嘆き悲しむのか。」

Word by Word

शयनानिbeds, couches

महाहाणिvery costly/valuable (as an epithet)

योषितःwomen

चand

मनोरमाःcharming, delightful

गुणवन्तिexcellent, endowed with qualities

चand

वेश्मानिmansions, houses

विहाराःpleasure-grounds, resorts

चand

यथाas, according to

सुखम्comfort, pleasure

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

beds (śayanāni)

women (yoṣitaḥ)

mansions/palaces (veśmāni)

pleasure-gardens/parks (vihārāḥ)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

External abundance—luxury, sensual pleasures, and royal comforts—does not automatically remove inner sorrow; the verse implicitly critiques attachment and points to the mismatch between power/wealth and mental contentment.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker lists the readily available royal pleasures and comforts that the addressed prince can obtain by mere command, then rebukes him for grieving as though he were helpless or impoverished.