Mahabharata 3.2.65 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 2, Shloka 65

ब्राह्मणानुयात्रा—शौनकोपदेशः

Brāhmaṇas Follow into Exile and Śaunaka’s Instruction

Devanagari script

शिक्षोदरकृते<प्राज्ञ: करोति विघसं बहु | मोहरागवशाक्रान्त इन्द्रियार्थवशानुग:

Transliteration

śikṣodarākṛte prājñaḥ karoti vighasaṃ bahu | moharāgavaśākrānta indriyārthavaśānugaḥ ||

Translation

迷妄と執着に圧され、感官の対象に引きずられる無知の者は、多くの享楽をかき集め、それらをあたかも「ヴィガサ」（vighasa）—供犠の残り物—であるかのように扱い、ただ己の感官と腹を満たすために追い求める。

Word by Word

• शिक्षा: instruction/discipline
• शिक्षा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिक्षा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उदर: in/for the belly (stomach)
• उदर: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कृते: for the sake of
• कृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृत (कृ + क्त)
• Form: Locative singular used adverbially (kṛte = for the sake of)

• प्राज्ञः: a wise man
• प्राज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• करोति: does/makes
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विघसम्: leftover food; remnants
• विघसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघस
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बहु: much/a lot
• बहु: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मोह: delusion
• मोह: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• राग: attachment/passion
• राग: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• वश: under the control
• वश: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• आक्रान्तः: overpowered/seized
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-क्रम् (क्रम् + क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इन्द्रिय: of the sense-organ(s)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अर्थ: of the object (of sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वश: under the control
• वश: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अनुगः: following; compliant
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु-ग (गम् + ड)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• śaunaka
• vighasa (yajña-śeṣa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that when a person is ruled by moha (delusion) and rāga (attachment), he becomes a follower of sense-objects and justifies accumulation for pleasure and appetite as if it were sanctified (like yajña-śeṣa). True dharma requires restraint and right intention, not desire-driven hoarding.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śaunaka is speaking in a didactic tone, characterizing the conduct of an ignorant person: he pursues sense-objects for bodily gratification and gathers abundant enjoyments, mislabeling them as ‘vighasa’ (sacrificial remainder). The statement functions as moral critique within the broader discourse.