Shloka 33
Dvaipāyana-hrade Duryodhanasya Māyā — Yudhiṣṭhirasya Dharmoktiḥ (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 30)
स नो दास्यति सुप्रीतो धनानि बहुलान्युत । कि नो मांसेन शुष्केण परिक्लिप्टेन शोषिणा,“इससे अत्यन्त प्रसन्न होकर वे हमें बहुत धन देंगे। फिर हमें शरीरका रक्त सुखा देनेवाले इस सूखे मांसको ढोकर व्यर्थ कष्ट उठानेकी क्या आवश्यकता है?”
sa no dāsyati suprīto dhanāni bahulāny uta | ki no māṁsena śuṣkeṇa parikl̥iptena śoṣiṇā ||
Sañjaya berkata: “Apabila dia berkenan kepada kita, pasti dia akan mengurniakan harta yang melimpah. Maka mengapa kita perlu menanggung susah payah dengan sia-sia, memikul daging kering ini yang hanya mengeringkan darah dan tenaga hayat tubuh?”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how the lure of reward can make people rationalize abandoning endurance and restraint; it implicitly critiques greed-driven thinking that treats bodily strain and moral cost as expendable when profit seems assured.
Sañjaya reports a speaker’s calculation: since a benefactor is expected to be very pleased and grant abundant wealth, they question the point of continuing to carry dried meat that causes physical depletion, framing the burden as needless suffering.