Shanti Parva Adhyaya 154 Shloka 63 - Mahabharata | Russian | Vedapath

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Shloka 63

Devanagari script

प्रज्ञाविज्ञानयुक्तेन बुद्धिसंज्ञाप्रदायिना । वचन श्राविता नून॑ मानुषा: संनिवर्तत । शोको द्विगुणतां याति दृष्टवा स्मृत्वा च चेष्टितम्‌

Transliteration

jambuka uvāca | prajñāvijñānayuktena buddhisaṃjñāpradāyinā | vacanaṃ śrāvitā nūnaṃ mānuṣāḥ saṃnivartata | śoko dviguṇatāṃ yāti dṛṣṭvā smṛtvā ca ceṣṭitam |

Translation

Джамбука сказал: «Наделённый рассудительностью и истинным знанием и умеющий даровать понимание другим, я заставил вас выслушать многие слова, призванные пробудить различение. Теперь же, люди, поверните назад. Ибо скорбь удваивается, когда видишь тело умершего родича и, вспоминая его прежние дела и обычаи, вновь переживаешь утрату.»

Word by Word

प्रज्ञा-विज्ञान-युक्तेनwith (one) endowed with wisdom and knowledge

बुद्धि-संज्ञा-प्रदायिनाby (one) who bestows the notion/understanding called ‘buddhi’ (i.e., gives discernment)

वचनम्speech; words

श्राविताःhave been made to hear; have been instructed

नूनम्surely; indeed; now

मानुषाःmen; humans

संनिवर्ततreturn; turn back

शोकःgrief

द्वि-गुणताम्to a twofold state; to double (measure)

यातिgoes; becomes

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

स्मृत्वाhaving remembered

चand

चेष्टितम्conduct; actions; movements (of the deceased)

Speaker

जम्बुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Jambuka

humans (mānuṣāḥ)

corpse/body of a deceased relative (implied)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Grief intensifies through repeated sensory contact and mental replay: seeing the dead body and remembering the person’s past conduct makes sorrow grow. Therefore one should withdraw from stimuli that inflame lamentation and cultivate discriminative understanding (buddhi/prajñā) to steady the mind.

What is happening in the narrative?

Jambuka addresses people who are mourning. After giving them instruction intended to awaken discernment, he urges them to return/withdraw, warning that remaining near the corpse and repeatedly recalling the deceased will only double their grief.