Shloka 13
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Inquiry and Sañjaya’s Etymologies of Kṛṣṇa’s Names
Puruṣottama-nāma-nirvacana
वैचित्रवीर्य पुरुषा: क्रोधहर्षसमावृता: । सिता बहुविधे: पाशैर्ये न तुष्टाः स्वकैर्धनै:
vaicitryavīrya-puruṣāḥ krodha-harṣa-samāvṛtāḥ | sitā bahu-vidhaiḥ pāśair ye na tuṣṭāḥ svakair dhanaiḥ ||
ວະຍາສະກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ລູກແຫ່ງວິຈິຕຣະວີຣະຍະ, ບັນດາຄົນທີ່ຖືກຫໍ້ຫຸ້ມດ້ວຍຄວາມໂກດ ແລະຄວາມຫຼິ້ນລະເລີງ, ຜູ້ບໍ່ພໍໃຈໃນຊັບສິນຂອງຕົນ—ຖືກມັດແນ່ນດ້ວຍບ່ວງບາດຫຼາຍປະເພດ ເຊັ່ນ ກາມ ແລະ ໂມຫະ—ຖືກກຳຂອງຕົນຂັບດັນໃຫ້ຕົກຢູ່ໃຕ້ອໍານາດຂອງຍະມະ (ຄວາມຕາຍ) ຊໍ້າແລ້ວຊໍ້າອີກ, ເຫມືອນຄົນຕາບອດເດີນຕາມຄົນຕາບອດ».
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Lack of contentment and being ruled by anger and exhilaration—while bound by desire and delusion—causes repeated downfall; one’s own karma drives one again and again toward death’s dominion (Yama).
Vyāsa addresses the Kuru heir (a ‘son of Vicitravīrya’) with a moral warning: those in the royal line who are dissatisfied and emotionally driven become trapped in worldly snares and repeatedly meet ruin, like blind followers led by blind guides.