Shloka 6
Draupadī’s Rebuke of Jayadratha and Dhaumya’s Admonition (Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 252)
सत्कृतस्य हि ते शोको विपरीते कथं भवेत् | मा कृतं शोभनं पार्थ: शोकमालमब्य नाशय,पाण्डवोंने तुम्हारा सत्कार किया है तो तुम्हें शोक हो रहा है। इसके विपरीत यदि उन्होंने तिरस्कार किया होता तो न जाने तुम्हारी कैसी दशा हो जाती? कुन्तीकुमारोंने जो सद्व्यवहार किया है, उसे तुम शोकका आश्रय लेकर नष्ट न कर दो
satkṛtasya hi te śoko viparīte kathaṁ bhavet | mā kṛtaṁ śobhanaṁ pārthaḥ śokam ālambya nāśaya ||
Disse Vaiśampāyana: “Se foste honrado, como poderia a tristeza nascer em ti? Se tivesse ocorrido o contrário—se te tivessem tratado com desprezo—qual seria então a tua condição? Não arruines, apegando-te ao pesar, a boa e justa conduta que o filho de Kuntī (o Pāṇḍava) te demonstrou.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Grief should not be used as an excuse to negate or spoil what is good and proper; when one has received honour and kind treatment, the ethical response is steadiness and gratitude rather than sorrow that undermines right conduct.
Vaiśampāyana narrates a moment of counsel: someone who has been respectfully received by the Pāṇḍavas is being admonished not to fall into grief, and is reminded that contempt would have been far worse; therefore the recipient should not ‘destroy’ the Pāṇḍavas’ good treatment by taking refuge in sorrow.