Shloka 23

अध्याय २६ — युद्ध-निन्दा, काम-दोष, तथा धार्तराष्ट्र-नीति-विश्लेषण

War-aversion, Desire as a Policy Fault, and Analysis of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Governance

Devanagari script

अव्याधिजं कटुकं शीर्षरोगि यशोमुषं पापफलोदयं वा । सतां पेयं यन्न पिबन्त्यसन्तो मन्युं महाराज पिब प्रशाम्य

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

avyādhijaṁ kaṭukaṁ śīrṣarogi yaśomuṣaṁ pāpaphalodayaṁ vā |

satāṁ peyaṁ yan na pibanty asanto manyuṁ mahārāja piba praśāmya ||

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– «မဟာရာဇာရေ၊ ထိုဒေါသကို သောက်ချလိုက်၍ ငြိမ်းချမ်းပါ—အမှန်တကယ် ထိခိုက်နာကျင်မှုမရှိဘဲ ပေါ်လာတတ်သော၊ အရသာခါးသော၊ ခေါင်းကိုက်စေသော၊ ကောင်းသတင်းဂုဏ်သိက္ခာကို ခိုးယူသွားသော၊ အပြစ်၏ အကျိုးဆက်ကို ရင့်မှည့်စေသော ဒေါသကို။ ထိုအရာသည် တကယ့်မြတ်သောသူတို့သာ သောက်သင့်သည့် သောက်စရာဖြစ်၍ မကောင်းသူတို့ မသောက်ကြ။»

Word by Word

• अव्याधिजम्: arising without disease (i.e., not from illness)
• अव्याधिजम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्याधिज
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कटुकम्: bitter/pungent
• कटुकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कटुक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शीर्षरोगि: causing head-ache/head-disease
• शीर्षरोगि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शीर्षरोगिन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यशोमुषम्: stealing/destroying fame
• यशोमुषम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशोमुष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पापफलोदयम्: bringing about the rise of sinful results
• पापफलोदयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पापफलोदय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• सताम्: of the good/virtuous people
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पेयम्: drinkable; fit to be drunk
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पेय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यत्: which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• पिबन्ति: they drink
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा
• Form: Present, Third, Plural

• असन्तः: bad/ungood people
• असन्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: असत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मन्युम्: anger/wrath
• मन्युम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पिब: drink (you)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• प्रशाम्य: having become calm; calming down
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-शम्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mahārāja (the king, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Anger is portrayed as a bitter, reputation-destroying force that matures into sinful consequences; true nobility lies in ‘drinking’ (absorbing and mastering) it through self-restraint and calming the mind.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra), urging him to pacify himself by mastering unprovoked wrath, framing anger as a harmful ‘drink’ that only the virtuous can truly take in and neutralize.