Shloka 196

Duryodhana-śibira-praveśaḥ — The Pāṇḍavas Enter the Kaurava Camp; The Burning of Arjuna’s Chariot

Devanagari script

लुब्ध: पापसहायश्च सुहदां शासनातिग: । “यह निर्लज्ज पापी तो उसी समय मर चुका था जब लोभमें फँसा और पापियोंको अपना सहायक बनाकर सुहृदोंके शासनसे दूर रहने लगा

Transliteration

lubdhaḥ pāpasahāyaś ca suhṛdāṁ śāsanātigaḥ |

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂລບຫຼາຍ ມີຄົນບາບເປັນຜູ້ຊ່ວຍ ແລະລະເມີດຄຳຊີ້ນຳຂອງຜູ້ຫວັງດີ—ຄົນຊົ່ວຜູ້ໄຮ້ອາຍແບບນັ້ນ ແທ້ຈິງແລ້ວຕາຍໄປແຕ່ເວລາທີ່ຖືກໂລບຄອບງຳ, ເລືອກຄົນຊົ່ວເປັນພວກ, ແລະຫັນຫຼັງໃຫ້ຄຳເຕືອນຂອງມິດສະຫາຍຜູ້ດີ».

Word by Word

लुब्धःgreedy, covetous

पापसहायःhaving sinners as helpers; aided by the wicked

चand

सुहृदाम्of friends, of well-wishers

शासनातिगःone who transgresses the rule/command; going beyond the discipline (of friends)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

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?

Greed and association with the wicked, coupled with rejecting the guidance of true well-wishers, is portrayed as spiritual and moral death—one becomes ‘dead’ to dharma even before physical death.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya offers a moral characterization: he condemns a person as greedy, supported by sinners, and a transgressor of friends’ counsel, implying that such conduct marks the person’s downfall and inner ruin.