Shloka 33

अरण्यवृत्ति-वैराग्योपदेशः | Forest Discipline and the Program of Non-Attachment

Devanagari script

जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिवेदनाभिरभिद्रुतम्‌ । अपारमिव चास्वस्थ॑ संसारं त्यजत: सुखम्‌,इस संसारमें जन्म, मृत्यु, जरा, व्याधि और वेदनाओंका आक्रमण होता ही रहता है, जिससे यहाँका जीवन कभी स्वस्थ नहीं रहता। जो अपार-सा प्रतीत होनेवाले इस संसारको त्याग देता है, उसीको सुख मिलता है

Transliteration

janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-vedanābhir abhidrūtam | apāram iva cāsvasthaṁ saṁsāraṁ tyajataḥ sukham ||

Translation

ユディシュティラは言った。「この世の生は、生・死・老・病・苦の攻めに絶えずさらされている。ゆえにここでの命は、真に健やかで安穏に保たれることがない。果てしなく見えて恒久の安楽を与えぬこの輪廻（サンサーラ）を捨て去る者にこそ、幸福は属する。」

Word by Word

जन्मbirth

मृत्युdeath

जराold age

व्याधिdisease

वेदनाभिःby/with pains, afflictions

अभिद्रुतम्assailed, overrun

अपारम्boundless, endless

इवas if, like

चand

अस्वस्थम्unwell, not sound/steady

संसारम्worldly existence, saṃsāra

त्यजतः(he) abandons, gives up

सुखम्happiness, bliss

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

saṁsāra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Worldly life is inherently marked by unavoidable afflictions—birth, death, aging, disease, and pain—so lasting happiness is not found by clinging to saṁsāra. True well-being is associated with tyāga (renunciation), i.e., turning away from attachment to the endless cycle and seeking liberation-oriented values.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s reflective setting, Yudhiṣṭhira voices a sober assessment of human existence after the war, emphasizing the pervasive nature of suffering and the ethical-philosophical conclusion that one should cultivate detachment and renunciation to attain genuine peace.