Shloka 89

Sarasvatī–Tārkṣya Saṃvāda: Agnihotra-vidhi, Dāna-phala, and Mokṣa-prasaṅga (सरस्वती–तार्क्ष्यसंवादः)

Devanagari script

धनानि येषां विपुलानि सन्ति नित्यं रमन्ते सुविभूषिताड्गा: । तेषामयं शत्रुवरघ्न लोको नासौ सदा देहसुखे रतानाम्‌,जिनके पास बहुत धन होता है, वे अपने शरीरको हर तरहसे सजाकर नित्य विषयोंमें रमण करते अर्थात्‌ विषय-सुख भोगते हैं। शुत्रुसूदन! सदा अपने शरीरके ही सुखमें आसक्त हुए उन मनुष्योंको केवल इसी लोकमें सुख मिलता है, परलोकमें उनके लिये सुखका सर्वथा अभाव है

Transliteration

dhanāni yeṣāṁ vipulāni santi nityaṁ ramante suvibhūṣitāṅgāḥ | teṣām ayaṁ śatruvaraghna loko nāsau sadā dehasukhe ratānām ||

Translation

マーラカンデーヤは言った。「富を豊かに持つ者は、身をあらゆる飾りで整え、つねに感官の対象に耽って享楽に生きる。敵を討つ者よ、常に肉身の快楽に執着する者にとって、幸福はこの世にのみ属し、彼方の世にはまったく幸福がない。」

Word by Word

धनानिwealths, riches

येषाम्of whom

विपुलानिabundant, great

सन्तिare, exist

नित्यम्always, constantly

रमन्तेdelight, take pleasure

सुविभूषिताङ्गाःthose whose bodies are well-adorned

तेषाम्of them

अयम्this

शत्रुवरघ्नO slayer of the best of enemies (O enemy-slayer)

लोकःworld, realm

नnot

असौthat (other world)

सदाalways

देहसुखेin bodily pleasure

रतानाम्of those devoted/attached

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

śatruvaraghna (epithet of the listener, traditionally Yudhiṣṭhira)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Attachment to bodily pleasure and sense-enjoyment yields only transient, worldly satisfaction; it does not secure well-being in the afterlife. The verse urges a dharmic orientation beyond mere adornment, luxury, and indulgence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya addresses the king (invoked as “śatruvaraghna”), offering moral instruction: he contrasts the lifestyle of the wealthy who constantly pursue pleasures with the spiritual consequence that such pleasure-centered living brings no happiness in the next world.