Shloka 16
Mahāprasthānika-parva Adhyāya 2: The Northward March, Sight of Himavat and Meru, and the Sequential Falls
रूपेण मत्समो नास्ति कश्रिदित्यस्य दर्शनम् अधिकश्चाहमेवैक इत्यस्य मनसि स्थितम्
vaiśampāyana uvāca | rūpeṇa matsamo nāsti kaścid ity asya darśanam adhikaś cāham evaika ity asya manasi sthitam | bhīmasena! nakulasya dṛṣṭiḥ sadā evaṃrūpā āsīt—rūpeṇa mama samo dvitīyo nāsti; manasi ca tasya niścayaḥ sthitaḥ—“ekamātraḥ aham eva sarvādhika-rūpavān” iti | tasmān nakulaḥ patitaḥ | tvam āgaccha | vīra! yasya yādṛśī karaṇī, sa tādṛśaṃ phalam avaśyaṃ bhuṅkte |
ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ທັດສະນະຂອງນະກຸລະເຄີຍເປັນຢ່າງນີ້ສະເໝີ: ‘ບໍ່ມີໃຜເທົ່າຂ້ອຍໃນຄວາມງາມ.’ ໃນໃຈຂອງເຂົາ ຄວາມໝັ້ນໃຈວ່າ ‘ຂ້ອຍຜູ້ດຽວເທົ່ານັ້ນທີ່ງາມທີ່ສຸດ’ ໄດ້ຝັງແນ່ນອນ. ເພາະເຫດນັ້ນ ນະກຸລະຈຶ່ງລົ້ມ. ມາເຖີດ ພີມເສນະ. ໂອ້ ວີຣະບຸລຸດ—ການກະທຳຂອງຜູ້ໃດເປັນແນວໃດ ຜູ້ນັ້ນຍ່ອມຮັບຜົນຕາມນັ້ນແນ່ນອນ»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Pride and self-exaltation (here, vanity about beauty) become a moral fault that leads to downfall; one inevitably experiences the fruit of one’s own conduct (karma-phala).
During the Pāṇḍavas’ final journey, Nakula falls. The speaker explains to Bhīma that Nakula’s inner vanity—believing no one matched him in beauty—was the cause, and urges Bhīma to continue, emphasizing inevitable moral consequence.