Shloka 24

Saṃsāra-Gahana Allegory: The Brāhmaṇa in the Forest and Well (संसारगहन-आख्यान)

Devanagari script

एवं स वसते तत्र क्षिप्त: संसारसागरे | न चैव जीविताशायां निर्वेदमुपगच्छति,इस प्रकार संसार-सागरमें गिरा हुआ वह मनुष्य इतने भयोंसे घिरकर वहाँ निवास करता है तो भी उसे जीवनकी आशा बनी हुई है और उसके मनमें वैराग्य नहीं उत्पन्न होता है

Transliteration

evaṁ sa vasate tatra kṣiptaḥ saṁsārasāgare | na caiva jīvitāśāyāṁ nirvedam upagacchati ||

Translation

かくして彼は、輪廻の海に投げ込まれ、多くの恐怖に囲まれながらもそこに住み続ける。それでもなお生への望みを捨てず、心に厭離も離欲も起こらない。

Word by Word

एवम्thus

सःhe

वसतेdwells

तत्रthere

क्षिप्तःthrown/cast

संसारसागरेin the ocean of worldly existence

नnot

चand

एवindeed/just

जीविताशायाम्in the hope of life

निर्वेदम्dispassion/indifference

उपगच्छतिattains/comes to

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

saṁsāra (worldly existence)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when a person is overwhelmed by fear and suffering in saṁsāra, attachment to life can persist; true nirveda (disenchantment) does not arise automatically from pain. Ethical and spiritual maturity requires reflection and discernment, not merely being afflicted.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vidura is speaking in a reflective, admonitory mode, describing the human condition: one is ‘thrown’ into the turbulent world like into an ocean, yet continues to cling to life and fails to develop detachment—an observation meant to provoke self-examination and moral awakening.