Shloka 366

द्रौपदी-शैब्यसंवादः — Draupadī’s Identification and Counsel on Hospitality

Devanagari script

न शोक: शोचमानस्य विनिवर्तेत कर्हिचित्‌ | “कुरुकुलके श्रेष्ठ वीरो! तुम दोनों गँवारोंकी तरह नासमझीके कारण इतना विषाद क्‍यों कर रहे हो? शोकमें डूबे रहनेसे किसी मनुष्यका शोक कभी निवृत्त नहीं होता

Transliteration

na śokaḥ śocamānasya vinivarteta karhicit |

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຄວາມໂສກບໍ່ເຄີຍຫມົດໄປສໍາລັບຜູ້ທີ່ຍັງຄົງຄໍາຄວນຄິດຮ້ອງໄຫ້. ການຈົມຢູ່ໃນຄວາມໂສກຢ່າງດຽວ ບໍ່ເຄີຍລົບລ້າງຄວາມໂສກຂອງມະນຸດໄດ້».

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• शोकः: grief
• शोकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• शोचमानस्य: of one who is grieving
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच्
• Form: present active participle (śatṛ), masculine/neuter (contextual), genitive, singular

• विनिवर्तेत: would cease/turn back
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-नि-वृत्
• Form: potential/optative (vidhi-liṅ), present-system, 3rd, singular, ātmanepada

• कर्हिचित्: ever/at any time
• कर्हिचित्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कर्हि + चित्

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Grief is not ended by continued lamentation; emotional fixation perpetuates sorrow. The implied remedy is steadiness of mind and purposeful action aligned with dharma rather than helpless mourning.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśaṃpāyana delivers a general maxim as counsel within the story’s consolatory context, emphasizing that lamenting does not itself bring an end to suffering.