Shloka 366
द्रौपदी-शैब्यसंवादः — Draupadī’s Identification and Counsel on Hospitality
Devanagari script
न शोक: शोचमानस्य विनिवर्तेत कर्हिचित् | “कुरुकुलके श्रेष्ठ वीरो! तुम दोनों गँवारोंकी तरह नासमझीके कारण इतना विषाद क्यों कर रहे हो? शोकमें डूबे रहनेसे किसी मनुष्यका शोक कभी निवृत्त नहीं होता
Transliteration
na śokaḥ śocamānasya vinivarteta karhicit |
Translation
ଯେ ନିରନ୍ତର ଶୋକ କରେ, ତାହାର ଶୋକ କେବେ ନିବୃତ୍ତ ହୁଏ ନାହିଁ।
Word by Word
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
शोकःgrief
शोकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशोक
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
शोचमानस्यof one who is grieving
शोचमानस्य:
TypeVerb
Rootशुच्
Formpresent active participle (śatṛ), masculine/neuter (contextual), genitive, singular
विनिवर्तेतwould cease/turn back
विनिवर्तेत:
TypeVerb
Rootवि-नि-वृत्
Formpotential/optative (vidhi-liṅ), present-system, 3rd, singular, ātmanepada
कर्हिचित्ever/at any time
कर्हिचित्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकर्हि + चित्
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśaṃpāyanaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Grief is not ended by continued lamentation; emotional fixation perpetuates sorrow. The implied remedy is steadiness of mind and purposeful action aligned with dharma rather than helpless mourning.
The narrator Vaiśaṃpāyana delivers a general maxim as counsel within the story’s consolatory context, emphasizing that lamenting does not itself bring an end to suffering.