Shloka 26

कामीकवन-समागमः

Kāmyaka Forest Meeting: Kṛṣṇa’s Visit; Mārkaṇḍeya and Nārada Arrive

Devanagari script

यस्मादभावी भावी वा मनुष्य: सुखदु:ःखयो: आगमे यदि वापाये न तत्र ग्लपयेन्मन:,"क्योंकि मनुष्य सुख-दुःखकी प्राप्ति अथवा निवृतिमें कभी असमर्थ होता है और कभी समर्थ। अत: किसी भी दशामें अपने मनमें ग्लानि नहीं आने देनी चाहिये

Transliteration

yasmād abhāvī bhāvī vā manuṣyaḥ sukha-duḥkhayoḥ āgame yadi vāpāye na tatra glapayed manaḥ |

Translation

ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಮನುಷ್ಯನು ಸುಖದುಃಖಗಳ ಆಗಮನ ಅಥವಾ ನಿವೃತ್ತಿಯ ವಿಷಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲವೊಮ್ಮೆ ಅಸಮರ್ಥನಾಗಿರುತ್ತಾನೆ, ಕೆಲವೊಮ್ಮೆ ಸಮರ್ಥನಾಗಿರುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಯಾವ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಮನಸ್ಸನ್ನು ವಿಷಾದದಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಗ್ಗಿಸಬಾರದು.

Word by Word

यस्मात्because of which/from which (reason)

अभावीincapable/ineffective

भावीcapable/effective

वाor

मनुष्यःa man/person

सुखदुःखयोःof pleasure and pain

आगमेin the coming/attainment

यदिif/when

वाor

अपायेin the loss/cessation

नnot

तत्रthere/in that situation

ग्लपयेत्should cause to droop/should let (it) sink; should grieve

मनःmind

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

manuṣya (human being)

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?

Maintain inner steadiness: because human agency over the rise and fall of pleasure and pain is sometimes limited and sometimes effective, one should not fall into self-reproach or mental dejection in any circumstance.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Vaiśampāyana’s narration, a general ethical counsel is being stated: the listener is urged to avoid despair when confronted with changing conditions of happiness and sorrow, recognizing the fluctuating limits of human control.