Shloka 9
व्याधि-गुण-साम्योपदेशः | Discourse on Affliction, Guṇa-Equilibrium, and the Inner Battle
प्रत्राजनं च नगरादजिनैश्न विवासनम् । महारण्यनिवासश्न न तस्य स्मर्तुमिच्छसि
pratrājanaṃ ca nagarād ajinaiś ca nivāsanam | mahāraṇya-nivāsaṃ ca na tasya smartum icchasi ||
ನಿಮ್ಮನ್ನು ನಗರದಿಂದ ಹೊರಹಾಕಿ, ಜಿಂಕೆಯ ಚರ್ಮಗಳನ್ನು ಧರಿಸುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿ, ವನವಾಸಕ್ಕೆ ಕಳುಹಿಸಿದರು; ವಿಶಾಲವಾದ ಭಯಾನಕ ಅರಣ್ಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಿಸಬೇಕಾಯಿತು—ಅದನ್ನೂ ನೀನು ಸ್ಮರಿಸಲು ಇಚ್ಛಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲವೇ?
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical weight of injustice and humiliation: forced exile and hardship are not trivial events to be forgotten. Remembering wrongdoing can be a moral impetus to seek rightful redress and uphold dharma, rather than suppressing legitimate grievance.
Vāyudeva addresses the listener by recalling past sufferings—expulsion from the city, being made to wear deerskins, and living in terrifying forests—challenging them on why they would refuse to remember these injuries.