Shloka 13

Devanagari script

प्रज्ञया मानसं दु:खं हन्याच्छारीरमौषधै: । एतद्‌ विज्ञानसामर्थ्य न बालै: समतामियात्‌

Transliteration

prajñayā mānasaṃ duḥkhaṃ hanyāc chārīram auṣadhaiḥ | etad vijñāna-sāmarthyaṃ na bālaiḥ samatām iyāt ||

Translation

နာရဒက ဆို၏—“ဉာဏ်ပညာဖြင့် စိတ်ထဲက ဒုက္ခကို ချေဖျက်ရမည်၊ ဆေးဝါးဖြင့် ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာ၏ ဝေဒနာကို ကုသရမည်။ ဤသည်ကား အမှန်တကယ် သိမြင်နားလည်မှု၏ အင်အားပင် ဖြစ်၏—ကလေးငယ်နှင့် မရင့်ကျက်သူတို့သည် ထိုအဆင့်နှင့် မတူညီနိုင်ကြ”။

Word by Word

प्रज्ञयाby wisdom

मानसम्mental

दुःखम्sorrow, pain

हन्यात्should remove/destroy

शारीरम्bodily

औषधैःwith medicines

एतत्this

विज्ञानसामर्थ्यम्the power/capacity of knowledge

नnot

बालैःby children/immature persons

समताम्equality, parity

इयात्should attain/reach

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Mental suffering is best remedied through prajñā (discernment and right understanding), while physical ailments are treated through medicines; the verse elevates inner knowledge as a distinctive power not reached by the immature.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is instructing the listener in Shānti Parva on practical and ethical self-governance, distinguishing the appropriate means for curing mental distress versus bodily disease and praising the maturity of true knowledge.