Adi Parva Adhyaya 131 Shloka 10 - Mahabharata | Lao | Vedapath

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Shloka 10

Vāraṇāvata-prasaṃsā and the Pāṇḍavas’ Departure (वरणावत-प्रशंसा तथा पाण्डव-प्रयाणम्)

Devanagari script

ययोरेव सम॑ वित्तं ययोरेव सम॑ श्रुतम्‌ । तयोरविवाह: सख्यं च न तु पुष्टविपुष्टयो:

Transliteration

yayor eva samaṁ vittaṁ yayor eva samaṁ śrutam | tayor avivāhaḥ sakhyaṁ ca na tu puṣṭavipuṣṭayoḥ ||

Translation

ຮູປະດະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ມີແຕ່ຜູ້ທີ່ມີຊັບສິນເທົ່າກັນ ແລະ ມີຄວາມຮູ້ເທົ່າກັນ ເທົ່ານັ້ນ ຈຶ່ງຈະເກີດການແຕ່ງງານ ແລະ ມິດຕະພາບໄດ້ຢ່າງຖືກຕ້ອງ. ລະຫວ່າງຜູ້ອຸດົມສົມບູນ ແລະ ຜູ້ຂາດແຄນ—ລະຫວ່າງຜູ້ຮັ່ງມີ ແລະ ຜູ້ຍາກຈົນ—ມິດຕະພາບແທ້ບໍ່ອາດຍືນຍົງ»។

Word by Word

ययोःof whom (two)

एवindeed/only

समम्equal

वित्तम्wealth

ययोःof whom (two)

एवindeed/only

समम्equal

श्रुतम्learning/knowledge (what is heard/learned)

तयोःbetween/of those two

अविवाहःmarriage (lit. non-separation; here: विवाह-सम्बन्धः)

सख्यम्friendship

चand

नnot

तुbut/however

पुष्टविपुष्टयोःof the well-nourished and the ill-nourished (i.e., unequal persons)

Speaker

हुपद उवाच

Characters & Entities

ह

हुपद (Hupada)

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?

The verse teaches a pragmatic social ethic: stable marriage and friendship require parity—especially in resources (vitta) and education/culture (śruta). Extreme imbalance tends to produce dependence, resentment, or insecurity, undermining genuine reciprocity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Hupada is articulating a principle for forming alliances—particularly marital and friendly bonds—by emphasizing suitability and equality between parties, warning that relationships across stark disparities (prosperous vs. deprived) are difficult to sustain.