Shloka 43

Devanagari script

छिद्यते ह्याततं सर्व प्रमाणं पश्य भारत । श्रेयस्ते दुर्जनात्‌ तात पाण्डवैः सह संगतम्‌,“भरतनन्दन! देखो, ईर्ष्यालु मनुष्यके समक्ष प्रस्तुत किये हुए सम्पूर्ण विस्तृत प्रमाण भी उच्छिन्न-से हो जाते हैं। तात! किसी दुष्ट मनुष्यका साथ करनेकी अपेक्षा पाण्डवोंके साथ मेल-मिलाप रखना तुम्हारे लिये विशेष कल्याणकारी है

Transliteration

chidyate hy ātatam sarva-pramāṇaṃ paśya bhārata | śreyas te durjanāt tāta pāṇḍavaiḥ saha saṅgatam ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana disse: “Vê, ó Bhārata: na presença de um homem invejoso e mal-intencionado, até mesmo todo um conjunto de provas cuidadosamente expostas é cortado e se torna ineficaz. Por isso, meu caro, para ti é muito melhor buscar convivência e reconciliação com os Pāṇḍavas do que fazer companhia a um perverso.”

Word by Word

{'chidyate''is cut off, is severed, is rendered ineffective', 'hi': 'indeed, surely', 'ātatam': 'spread out, extended, elaborated', 'sarva-pramāṇam': 'all evidence/proof

the whole body of arguments and authorities', 'paśya''see, behold, consider', 'bhārata': 'O Bhārata (address to a descendant of Bharata

here, Dhṛtarāṣṭra)', 'śreyas''the better course

what is more beneficial', 'te''for you, your', 'durjanāt': 'from/than a wicked person

from bad company', 'tāta''dear one

child (affectionate address)', 'pāṇḍavaiḥ''with the Pāṇḍavas', 'saha': 'together with', 'saṅgatam': 'association, companionship

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)

Pāṇḍavas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even strong reasoning and evidence fail before envy and malice; therefore one should choose wholesome association—here, reconciliation with the Pāṇḍavas—over the influence of wicked company.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana, narrating to Janamejaya, reports counsel directed to ‘Bhārata’ (Dhṛtarāṣṭra): he is urged to abandon the sway of ill-willed advisers and instead align himself with the Pāṇḍavas, as this is the more beneficial path amid the looming conflict.