Ashramavasika Parva Adhyaya 36 Shloka 25 - Mahabharata | Burmese | Vedapath

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Shloka 25

Vyāsa’s Boon-Offer and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Remorse in the Forest Assembly (आश्रमवासिक पर्व, अध्याय ३६)

Devanagari script

राजन मृत्युरनिष्टोडयं भविता ते वृथाग्निना । न चोपायं प्रपश्यामि मोक्षणे जातवेदस:

Transliteration

rājan mṛtyur aniṣṭo 'yaṃ bhavitā te vṛthāgninā | na copāyaṃ prapaśyāmi mokṣaṇe jātavedasaḥ ||

Translation

နာရဒက ပြောသည်– «မင်းကြီးရေ၊ ဤတောမီးသာမန်ဖြင့် သေဆုံးရခြင်းသည် မသင့်တော်ပါ။ သို့သော် ဤလောင်ကျွမ်းနေသော မီး—ဇာတဝေဒသ (Jātavedas)—မှ လွတ်မြောက်ရန် နည်းလမ်းကို ကျွန်ုပ် မမြင်ပါ»။

Word by Word

राजन्O king

मृत्युःdeath

अनिष्टःundesirable, improper

उद्यम्effort/undertaking (here: this happening/occurrence)

भविताwill be

तेof you / your

वृथाin vain; wrongly; undeservedly

अग्निनाby fire

नnot

चand

उपायम्means, remedy

प्रपश्यामिI see, I perceive

मोक्षणेin (the matter of) release/escape

जातवेदसःof Jātavedas (Agni)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

King (rājan)

Agni (Jātavedas)

forest-fire (implied by vṛthāgni / context)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a great king’s end should accord with propriety and dharma; yet in moments of overwhelming danger, human agency may find no visible remedy, highlighting the tension between right order and inexorable fate.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses the king as a forest-fire closes in. He laments that dying in such a common blaze is unfitting, but admits he sees no practical way to escape the fire’s grasp.