Shloka 19

Daśagrīva-boonāvaraṇa, Viṣṇv-avatāra-niyoga, Vānara-sahāya-janana, Mantharā-nirmāṇa

Devanagari script

अधर्मरुचयो मूढास्तिर्यग्गतिपरायणा: । कृच्छाां योनिमनुप्राप्ता न सुखं विन्दते जना:,“जो लोग अधर्ममें रुचि रखनेवाले हैं, वे मूढ़ मानव पशु-पक्षी आदि तिर्यग्‌-योनियोंमें जन्म ग्रहण करते हैं। उन कष्टदायक योनियोंमें पड़कर वे कभी सुख नहीं पाते हैं

Transliteration

adharmarucayo mūḍhās tiryaggatiparāyaṇāḥ | kṛcchrāṃ yonim anuprāptā na sukhaṃ vindate janāḥ ||

Translation

ವೈಶಂಪಾಯನನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಅಧರ್ಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಸಕ್ತಿ ಹೊಂದಿದ ಮೂಢರು ತಿರ್ಯಗ್ಗತಿಗೇ ಪರಾಯಣರಾಗುತ್ತಾರೆ; ಮೃಗ-ಪಕ್ಷಿ ಮೊದಲಾದ ನೀಚ ಯೋನಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಜನ್ಮ ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಆ ದುಃಖಕರ ಜನ್ಮಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿದ್ದು ಅವರಿಗೆ ಸುಖ ದೊರೆಯದು.

Word by Word

अधर्मरुचयःthose whose liking is for adharma (unrighteousness)

मूढाःdeluded, foolish

तिर्यग्गतिपरायणाःdevoted to/ending up in the animal course of existence

कृच्छाम्painful, distressing

योनिम्womb; birth; species/state of birth

अनुप्राप्ताःhaving reached/attained

नnot

सुखम्happiness, comfort

विन्दतेfinds, obtains

जनाःpeople

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

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?

Delight in adharma (unrighteous conduct) leads to a degraded mode of existence and suffering; ethical choices shape future births and the capacity for happiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana delivers a moral statement within the Vana Parva discourse, explaining karmic consequences: those inclined to adharma are said to fall into painful non-human births and fail to attain happiness there.