Shloka 196

Duryodhana-śibira-praveśaḥ — The Pāṇḍavas Enter the Kaurava Camp; The Burning of Arjuna’s Chariot

Devanagari script

लुब्ध: पापसहायश्च सुहदां शासनातिग: । “यह निर्लज्ज पापी तो उसी समय मर चुका था जब लोभमें फँसा और पापियोंको अपना सहायक बनाकर सुहृदोंके शासनसे दूर रहने लगा

Transliteration

lubdhaḥ pāpasahāyaś ca suhṛdāṁ śāsanātigaḥ |

Translation

సంజయుడు అన్నాడు: “లోభి, పాపులను సహాయకులుగా చేసుకున్నవాడు, సుహృదుల ఉపదేశాన్ని అతిక్రమించినవాడు—అటువంటి నిర్లజ్జ పాపి నిజానికి ఆ క్షణమే మృతుడే; లోభపు బంధంలో చిక్కి దుష్టసంగతిని ఎంచుకుని, మిత్రుల సలహాకు వెనుదిరిగినప్పుడే.”

Word by Word

• लुब्धः: greedy, covetous
• लुब्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लुब्ध (√लुभ्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पापसहायः: having sinners as helpers; aided by the wicked
• पापसहायः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप-सहाय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सुहृदाम्: of friends, of well-wishers
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• शासनातिगः: one who transgresses the rule/command; going beyond the discipline (of friends)
• शासनातिगः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शासन-अतिग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Greed and association with the wicked, coupled with rejecting the guidance of true well-wishers, is portrayed as spiritual and moral death—one becomes ‘dead’ to dharma even before physical death.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya offers a moral characterization: he condemns a person as greedy, supported by sinners, and a transgressor of friends’ counsel, implying that such conduct marks the person’s downfall and inner ruin.