अनुभूतानि दुः:खानि तेषां हेतुस्त्वमेव हि । दुःखान्येतानि जानीमो न सुखानि कदाचन
anubhūtāni duḥkhāni teṣāṃ hetus tvam eva hi | duḥkhāny etāni jānīmo na sukhāni kadācana
သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– «သင် ခံစားခဲ့ရသော ဒုက္ခများ၏ အကြောင်းရင်းမှာ အမှန်တကယ် သင်တစ်ယောက်တည်းပင် ဖြစ်၏။ ငါတို့ သိလာခဲ့သည်မှာ ဒုက္ခများသာ ဖြစ်ပြီး မည်သည့်အခါမျှ သုခကို မသိခဲ့ကြ»။
संजय उवाच
The verse stresses moral causality and personal responsibility: one’s present suffering is not merely fate or others’ doing, but arises from one’s own choices and actions; recognizing this is an ethical awakening aligned with the Mahābhārata’s emphasis on karma and accountability.
Sañjaya, reporting events and also offering pointed counsel, addresses his listener with a blunt assessment: the hardships being endured have been self-caused, and the situation has become so dominated by grief that only sorrow is felt, not happiness—an admonition framed within the grim momentum of the Kurukṣetra war.