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Shloka 5

याज्ञसेनी-प्रश्नः

Draupadī’s Question in the Assembly

मधु वै माध्विको लब्ध्वा प्रपातं नैव बुध्यते । आरुह्यु तं मज्जति वा पतन चाधिगच्छति

madhu vai mādhviko labdhvā prapātaṁ naiva budhyate | āruhya taṁ majjati vā patanaṁ cādhigacchati ||

វិទុរៈមានពាក្យថា៖ មនុស្សម្នាក់ដែលបានឃើញទឹកឃ្មុំ មិនបានយល់ដឹងពីគ្រោះថ្នាក់នៃការធ្លាក់ចុះឡើយ។ គេឡើងទៅដល់ទីខ្ពស់ ដើម្បីយកវា—ហើយឬក៏លង់មមាញឹកក្នុងភាពផ្អែមល្ហែមដែលបានទទួល ឬក៏ជួបនឹងការធ្លាក់ចុះវិនាស។

मधुhoney
मधु:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमधु
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वैindeed/for emphasis
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
माध्विकःhoney-gatherer/seller of honey
माध्विकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमाध्विक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
लब्ध्वाhaving obtained/found
लब्ध्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootलभ्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)
प्रपातम्a fall/precipice (danger of falling)
प्रपातम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रपात
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवjust/indeed
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
बुध्यतेunderstands/realizes
बुध्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootबुध्
FormLat (Present), Atmanepada, Third, Singular
आरुह्यhaving climbed
आरुह्य:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-रुह्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)
तम्that (place/height)
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
मज्जतिsinks/is immersed (is absorbed)
मज्जति:
TypeVerb
Rootमज्ज्
FormLat (Present), Parasmaipada, Third, Singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
पतनम्a fall/falling down
पतनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपतन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अधिगच्छतिattains/comes to (meets with)
अधिगच्छति:
TypeVerb
Rootअधि-गम्
FormLat (Present), Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

विदुर उवाच

V
Vidura
H
honey (madhu)
A
a honey-seeker/collector (mādhvikaḥ)
A
a height/precipice (prapāta)

Educational Q&A

Desire for a tempting reward can cloud judgment: one ignores obvious danger, becomes intoxicated by gain, and thereby invites ruin. Ethical discernment requires seeing consequences, not only sweetness.

Vidura is warning through a vivid analogy: like a honey-seeker who climbs without heeding the risk of falling, a person driven by greed pursues profit or pleasure and either gets lost in it or suffers a downfall.