Shloka 23
संश्रुत्य सहते या तु किं पुनः स्वेन चक्षुषा । सर्वेषामेव दुःखानां दुःखमेतदनन्तकम् ॥ २३ ॥
saṃśrutya sahate yā tu kiṃ punaḥ svena cakṣuṣā | sarveṣāmeva duḥkhānāṃ duḥkhametadanantakam || 23 ||
ただ聞くだけで耐えられるなら、自分の目でそれを見るとはどういうことだろうか。これこそまさに終わりのない悲しみであり、あらゆる悲しみの中で最大のものである。
Narada (within a didactic/narrative description in Uttara-Bhaga)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It intensifies the perception of duḥkha (suffering): if hearing alone is painful, direct experience is far more so—urging vairāgya (detachment) and a turn toward dharma and liberation.
By highlighting the boundless nature of worldly sorrow, it implicitly points to śaraṇāgati (taking refuge) and steady bhakti as the practical remedy that transcends recurring grief.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught in this line; the takeaway is ethical-psychological instruction—discriminating hearing/seeing (śravaṇa/pratyakṣa) to cultivate dispassion and right pursuit.