Shloka 54

Duryodhana Seized by Citraseṇa; Kaurava Petition to Yudhiṣṭhira (दुर्योधनापहारः / चित्रसेनगन्धर्वग्रहणम्)

Devanagari script

यस्य दोषै: प्रकुपितं चित्त मुह्मति देहिन: । उन्माद्यति स तु क्षिप्रं साधनं तस्य शास्त्रत:,जिस देहधारी मनुष्यका चित्त वात, पित्त और कफ नामक दोषोंके कुपित होनेसे अपनी संज्ञा खो बैठता है, वह शीघ्र ही विक्षिप्त हो जाता है। उसकी वैद्यक शास्त्रके अनुसार चिकित्सा करानी चाहिये

Transliteration

yasya doṣaiḥ prakupitaṃ cittaṃ muhyati dehinaḥ | unmādyati sa tu kṣipraṃ sādhanaṃ tasya śāstrataḥ ||

Translation

マールカンデーヤは言った。「生ある者の心が、ヴァータ・ピッタ・カパというドーシャの昂ぶりによって惑い、明晰さを失うなら、その者はたちまち錯乱に陥る。ゆえに、シャーストラに説かれた医術に従い、速やかに治療すべきである。」

Word by Word

यस्यwhose

दोषैःby the humors/faults

प्रकुपितम्aggravated, enraged

चित्तम्mind

मुह्यतिbecomes deluded, loses awareness

देहिनःof the embodied being

उन्माद्यतिdrives into madness / becomes mad (causative usage)

सःhe

तुindeed/but

क्षिप्रम्quickly

साधनम्treatment/remedy

तस्यof him

शास्त्रतःaccording to the treatise/scripture

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

vāta

pitta

kapha

śāstra (āyurvedic/medical treatise)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Mental disturbance can arise from physiological imbalance (aggravated doṣas). The ethical response is timely, śāstra-guided treatment—recognizing illness as a condition to be cared for, not merely blamed.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya explains a cause of sudden mental derangement: when vāta, pitta, and kapha become disturbed, the mind loses clarity and the person may become unbalanced. He advises seeking proper medical remedy as prescribed in authoritative medical tradition.