Shloka 48
अनुभूतानि दुः:खानि तेषां हेतुस्त्वमेव हि । दुःखान्येतानि जानीमो न सुखानि कदाचन
anubhūtāni duḥkhāni teṣāṃ hetus tvam eva hi | duḥkhāny etāni jānīmo na sukhāni kadācana
நாம் அனுபவித்த துன்பங்களுக்கு உண்மையான காரணம் நீயே. நாங்கள் அறிந்தது இதுவே—துன்பமே துன்பம்; ஒருபோதும் இன்பமில்லை.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse stresses moral causality and personal responsibility: one’s present suffering is not merely fate or others’ doing, but arises from one’s own choices and actions; recognizing this is an ethical awakening aligned with the Mahābhārata’s emphasis on karma and accountability.
Sañjaya, reporting events and also offering pointed counsel, addresses his listener with a blunt assessment: the hardships being endured have been self-caused, and the situation has become so dominated by grief that only sorrow is felt, not happiness—an admonition framed within the grim momentum of the Kurukṣetra war.