Shloka 8
न सन्ति लोकेषु पुमांस ईदृशा इत्येव ये भावितबुद्धयः सदा । ज्ञास्यन्ति ते55त्मानमिमेडद्य पाण्डवा विपर्यये षण्ढतिला इवाफला:,“जो अपनी बुद्धिमें सदा यही अभिमान लिये बैठे थे कि हमारे-जैसे पुरुष तीनों लोकोंमें नहीं हैं, वे ही पाण्डव आज विपरीत अवस्थामें पहुँचकर थोथे तिलों-की भाँति निःसत्त्व हो गये हैं। अब इन्हें अपनी स्थितिका ज्ञान होगा
Vaiśampāyana uvāca:
na santi lokeṣu pumāṁsa īdṛśā ity eva ye bhāvitabuddhayaḥ sadā |
jñāsyanti te ’tmānam ime ’dya pāṇḍavā viparyaye ṣaṇḍhatilā ivāphalāḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana disse: “Aqueles que sempre acalentaram a orgulhosa convicção: ‘Nos três mundos não há homens como nós’—esses mesmos Pāṇḍavas, agora caídos na adversidade, tornaram-se como sementes de gergelim ocas, sem substância e sem fruto. Hoje conhecerão sua verdadeira condição.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Arrogant self-assurance collapses when circumstances reverse; adversity exposes what is truly substantial. The verse warns against pride and highlights the ethical need for humility and self-knowledge.
In the context of the Sabha Parva’s unfolding humiliation and downfall, the speaker remarks that those who once believed themselves unmatched in the worlds—the Pāṇḍavas—have now been brought low by a reversal of fortune, becoming ‘hollow’ and powerless, and are forced to recognize their real situation.