Shloka 6

Devanagari script

दोषदर्शी भवेत्‌ तत्र यत्र राग: प्रवर्तते । अनिष्टवर्धितं पश्येत्‌ तथा क्षिप्रं विरज्यते,जहाँ चित्तकी आसक्ति बढ़ने लगे, वहीं दोषदृष्टि करनी चाहिये और उसे अनिष्टको बढ़ानेवाला समझना चाहिये। ऐसा करनेपर उससे शीघ्र ही वैराग्य हो जाता है

Transliteration

doṣadarśī bhavet tatra yatra rāgaḥ pravartate | aniṣṭavardhitaṃ paśyet tathā kṣipraṃ virajyate ||

Translation

ਨਾਰਦ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਜਿੱਥੇ ਰਾਗ ਉੱਠਣ ਲੱਗੇ, ਓਥੇ ਹੀ ਦੋਸ਼-ਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀ ਧਾਰੋ; ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਅਨਿਸ਼ਟ ਵਧਾਉਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਸਮਝੋ, ਤਾਂ ਛੇਤੀ ਹੀ ਵੈਰਾਗ ਪੈਦਾ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

दोषदर्शीone who sees faults; fault-finding (in that context)

भवेत्should become / should be

तत्रthere

यत्रwhere

रागःattachment; passion

प्रवर्ततेarises; proceeds; becomes active

अनिष्टवर्धितम्as increasing the undesirable (evil); as a promoter of harm

पश्येत्should see; should regard

तथाthus; in that way

क्षिप्रम्quickly; soon

विरज्यतेbecomes dispassionate; is detached

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

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?

When attachment (rāga) starts to grow, consciously apply doṣa-darśana—seeing the drawbacks—and recognize the object of craving as a cause of increasing harm (aniṣṭa). This mental discipline quickly produces vairāgya (dispassion).

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation-oriented conduct, Nārada gives practical guidance for inner restraint: he advises a method to counter rising attachment by reframing it through awareness of its defects and consequences.