Shloka 12

Devanagari script

मूढस्य दर्प: स पुनर्मोह एव मूढस्य नायं न परोडस्ति लोक: । न होव दुःखानि सदा भवन्ति सुखस्य वा नित्यशो लाभ एव,मूढ़ मनुष्यको गर्व होता है। उसका वह गर्व मोहरूप ही है। मूढ़के लिये न तो यह लोक सुखद होता है ओर न परलोक ही। किसीको भी न तो सदा दुःख ही उठाने पड़ते हैं और न नित्य, निरन्तर सुखका ही लाभ होता है

Transliteration

mūḍhasya darpaḥ sa punar moha eva mūḍhasya nāyaṃ na parod asti lokaḥ | na hova duḥkhāni sadā bhavanti sukhasya vā nityaśo lābha eva ||

Translation

मूढाचा दर्पही पुन्हा मोहच असतो. मूढासाठी ना हा लोक सुखद, ना परलोक. कोणालाही सदैव दुःखच भोगावे लागत नाही, आणि नित्य, अखंड सुखाचाही लाभ होत नाही.

Word by Word

मूढस्यof the deluded (man)

दर्पःpride, arrogance

सःthat (pride), it

पुनःagain; indeed

मोहःdelusion

एवonly, just

मूढस्यfor/of the deluded (man)

नnot

अयम्this

नnot

परःother; next (i.e., the other world)

अस्तिis/exists

लोकःworld; realm

नnot

उindeed (emphatic particle)

दुःखानिsufferings, pains

सदाalways

भवन्तिare; occur; come to be

सुखस्यof happiness

वाor

नित्यशःconstantly, perpetually

लाभःgain, attainment

एवonly, just

Speaker

समड़ उवाच

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?

Arrogance in an ignorant mind is itself a symptom of delusion; wisdom recognizes that worldly conditions fluctuate—neither suffering nor happiness is permanent—so one should abandon pride and cultivate clear understanding and steadiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the didactic discourse of Śānti Parva, the speaker delivers a moral instruction: the foolish person’s pride leads to further confusion, and a realistic view of life’s changing fortunes is urged as a corrective.