Shloka 20
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament for Karṇa and Renunciation-Oriented Self-Assessment (शोक-प्रलापः / त्याग-प्रवृत्तिः)
संयुक्ता: काममन्युभ्यां क्रोधहर्षासमञ्जसा: । न ते जयफलं किंचिद् भोक्तारो जातु कहिचित्
saṁyuktāḥ kāma-manyubhyāṁ krodha-harṣāsamañjasāḥ | na te jaya-phalaṁ kiñcid bhoktāro jātu kvacit ||
ユディシュティラは言った。「欲望と怨みとに駆られ、怒りと歓喜によって心の均衡を失う者は、決して――いかなる場所においても――勝利の果実を、たとえわずかであっても味わうことはできない。」
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Victory becomes truly fruitful only for one who is inwardly disciplined. If a person is ruled by desire and resentment and swings between anger and elation, they lose discernment and stability, and thus cannot truly enjoy or sustain the gains of victory.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction-oriented setting, Yudhiṣṭhira articulates a moral observation about conduct and outcomes: uncontrolled passions—desire, resentment, anger, and excessive exhilaration—undermine the very benefits that victory is supposed to bring.