Shloka 31

Devanagari script

जन्मप्रभृति कौन्तेया नित्यं विनिकृतास्त्वया । नच ते जातु कुप्यन्ति धर्मात्मानो हि पाण्डवा:,“तुमने जन्मसे ही कुन्तीपुत्रोंक साथ सदा शठतापूर्ण बर्ताव किया है, परंतु वे इसके लिये कभी कुपित नहीं हुए हैं; क्योंकि पाण्डव धर्मात्मा हैं

Transliteration

janmaprabhṛti kaunteyā nityaṁ vinikṛtās tvayā | na ca te jātu kupyanti dharmātmāno hi pāṇḍavāḥ ||

Translation

ವೈಶಂಪಾಯನನು ಹೇಳಿದನು— ಓ ಕೌಂತೇಯ! ಜನ್ಮದಿಂದಲೇ ನೀನು ಅವರ ಮೇಲೆ ಸದಾ ವಂಚನೆ ಮತ್ತು ಹಾನಿ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದೀಯೆ; ಆದರೂ ಅವರು ಎಂದಿಗೂ ನಿನ್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ಕೋಪಗೊಂಡಿಲ್ಲ, ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಪಾಂಡವರು ಧರ್ಮಾತ್ಮರು।

Word by Word

जन्मfrom birth

प्रभृतिonwards, ever since

कौन्तेयाःthe sons of Kuntī

नित्यम्always

विनिकृताःdeceived/cheated (having been wronged)

त्वयाby you

नnot

चand

तेtowards you / for you

जातुever, at any time

कुप्यन्तिbecome angry

धर्मात्मानःrighteous-souled

हिindeed, for

पाण्डवाःthe Pāṇḍavas

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kaunteya (son of Kuntī)

Pāṇḍavas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True adherence to dharma is shown not only in action but in restraint: even when repeatedly wronged, the righteous maintain self-control and do not let anger govern their conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana highlights the long-standing pattern of deceit and harm inflicted upon the Pāṇḍavas by the Kuru side, emphasizing that the Pāṇḍavas have endured these wrongs without retaliatory anger because of their commitment to dharma.