Shloka 6

धृतराष्ट्रस्य मूर्च्छा—व्यासोपदेशः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Collapse and Vyāsa’s Counsel

Devanagari script

धिगस्तु खलु मानुष्यं मानुषेषु परिग्रहे । यतो मूलानि दुःखानि सम्भवन्ति मुहुर्मुहु:,वे बोले--“इस मनुष्यजन्मको धिक्कार है! इसमें भी विवाह आदि करके परिवार बढ़ाना तो और भी बुरा है; क्योंकि उसीके कारण बारंबार नाना प्रकारके दु:ख प्राप्त होते हैं

Transliteration

dhig astu khalu mānuṣyaṁ mānuṣeṣu parigrahe | yato mūlāni duḥkhāni sambhavanti muhur muhuḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Celakalah hidup sebagai manusia—bahkan lebih celaka lagi dorongan manusia untuk ‘memiliki’ dan mengikat diri dengan keterikatan duniawi sesama manusia. Kerana daripada genggaman itulah punca-punca dukacita lahir, berulang-ulang kali.”

Word by Word

धिग्fie! shame!

अस्तुlet it be

खलुindeed, surely

मानुष्यम्human state/condition; humanity

मानुषेषुamong humans

परिग्रहेin attachment/appropriation; in taking (a spouse/possessions)

यतःbecause, since; from which

मूलानिroots, sources

दुःखानिsorrows, sufferings

सम्भवन्तिarise, come into being

मुहुःagain and again

मुहुःrepeatedly

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

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?

The verse condemns parigraha—grasping, possession, and binding attachments—as a recurring root-cause of duḥkha (suffering). It frames human misery as repeatedly generated by the impulse to acquire and expand worldly ties.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Stree Parva’s atmosphere of mourning after the Kurukṣetra devastation, the narrator’s voice expresses a bitter, reflective lament: human life and especially worldly entanglement are denounced because they continually generate sorrow.