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Shloka 883

Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154

सुखदु:खावृते लोके नेहास्त्येकमनन्तरम्‌ । सुखके बाद दुःख और दुःखके बाद सुख आता है। सुख और दु:खसे घिरे हुए इस जगत्‌में निरन्तर (सुख या दुःख) अकेला नहीं बना रहता है

sukha-duḥkhāvṛte loke nehāsty ekam anantaram |

இன்பமும் துன்பமும் சூழ்ந்த இந்த உலகில் ஒரே நிலை இடையறாது நிலைப்பதில்லை. இன்பத்திற்குப் பின் துன்பம் வரும்; துன்பத்திற்குப் பின் இன்பம் திரும்பும்—ஆக, இன்பமும் தனியே நிலைக்காது; துன்பமும் தனியே நிலைக்காது.

सुखदुःखावृतेin the world covered by pleasure and pain
सुखदुःखावृते:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootसुख-दुःख-आवृत
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
लोकेin the world
लोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
इहhere (in this world)
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
अस्तिis/exists
अस्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Singular
एकम्one (alone, single state)
एकम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
अनन्तरम्without interval; continuously; uninterrupted
अनन्तरम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअनन्तर
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

जम्बुक उवाच

J
Jambuka

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches impermanence and emotional balance: worldly life is inevitably mixed with pleasure and pain, and neither remains permanently. Recognizing this helps cultivate steadiness, patience in sorrow, and humility in happiness.

In the Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, Jambuka speaks as a moral teacher, offering a reflective maxim about the alternating nature of sukha and duḥkha to guide right conduct and inner composure.