Shloka 19

कालनियमः शोकशमनं च

Kāla as Regulator; Pacification of Grief

Devanagari script

प्रत्यक्षमनुपश्यामि त्वमपि द्रष्टमर्हसि । वर्जन वर्जनीयानामीहमानेन दुष्करम्‌

Transliteration

pratyakṣam anupaśyāmi tvam api draṣṭam arhasi | varjana varjanīyānām iha mānena duṣkaram ||

Translation

నేను దీనిని ప్రత్యక్షంగా చూస్తున్నాను; నీవు కూడా గమనించవలసినదే. ఇక్కడ అహంకారంతో నడిచినప్పుడు, త్యజించవలసినదాన్ని త్యజించడం దుర్లభమవుతుంది.

Word by Word

प्रत्यक्षम्directly; before (one's) eyes

अनुपश्यामिI observe/see

त्वम्you

अपिalso; even

द्रष्टुम्to see

अर्हसिyou ought/are fit (to)

वर्जनम्avoidance; abstaining

वर्जनीयानाम्of things/persons to be avoided

इहhere; in this world/context

मानेनby pride; through self-conceit

दुष्करम्difficult

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when the right course is plainly evident, pride (māna) makes it hard to abandon harmful or improper tendencies; ethical progress requires humility and the strength to renounce what ought to be renounced.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, underscores an immediately observable truth and urges the listener to see it as well: in the present context, pride obstructs the difficult but necessary act of giving up what should be avoided.