Shloka 8

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

सुखप्रिये सेवमानो 5तिवेलं योगाभ्यासे यो न करोति कर्म । वित्तक्षये हीनसुखो5तिवेलं दुःखं शेते कामवेगप्रणुन्न:,जो मनुष्य भोग तथा प्रिय (पुत्रादि)-का निरन्तर सेवन करते हुए योगाभ्यासोपयोगी कर्मका सेवन नहीं करता, वह धनका क्षय हो जानेपर सुखसे वंचित हो कामवेगसे अत्यन्त विक्षुब्ध होकर सदा दुःखशय्यापर शयन करता रहता है

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

sukhapriye sevamāno 'tivelaṃ yogābhyāse yo na karoti karma |

vittakṣaye hīnasukho 'tivelaṃ duḥkhaṃ śete kāmavegapraṇunnaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya disse: “O homem que, amante dos prazeres, neles se entrega em excesso e não cumpre as disciplinas e deveres que sustentam a prática do yoga — quando sua riqueza se esgota, fica privado de felicidade; impelido e agitado pela força do desejo, deita-se repetidas vezes num leito de tristeza.”

Word by Word

• {'sukhapriya': 'fond of pleasure

• pleasure-loving', 'sevamānaḥ': 'indulging in

• continually resorting to', 'ativelam': 'excessively

• beyond proper measure', 'yogābhyāsa': 'practice of yoga

• disciplined spiritual cultivation', 'karma': 'duty/action

• prescribed conduct', 'vittakṣaya': 'loss/exhaustion of wealth', 'hīnasukha': 'deprived of happiness

• lacking joy', 'duḥkham': 'sorrow

• suffering', 'śete': 'lies down

• remains (as if reclining) in', 'kāmavega': 'impulse/force of desire', 'praṇunnaḥ': 'driven

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya