Shloka 6

Book 3 (Āraṇyaka-parva), Adhyāya 13 — Alliance Gathering; Arjuna’s Praise of Keśava; Draupadī’s Duḥkha-nivedana; Assurances and Vows

Devanagari script

सातत्यं च प्रसड्गस्य वर्णयेयं यथातथम्‌,इसके सिवा उससे सदा जूआ खेलनेकी आदत बन जाती है। यह सब बातें मैं ठीक- ठीक बता रहा हूँ

Transliteration

sātatyam ca prasaṅgasya varṇayeyam yathātatham

Translation

వాయువు అన్నాడు—“నిరంతర లీనత ఎలా ఆసక్తిగా మారుతుందో నేను యథాతథంగా వివరిస్తాను; అలాగే జూదపు అలవాటు ఎలా స్థిరమైన వ్యసనంగా మారుతుందో కూడా. ఇవన్నీ నేను సత్యంగా, క్రమంగా చెబుతున్నాను.”

Word by Word

• सातत्यम्: continuity, constantness
• सातत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सातत्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• प्रसङ्गस्य: of addiction/attachment (habitual indulgence)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वर्णयेयम्: I should describe / I would describe
• Type: Verb
• Root: वर्णय्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यथा: as, in the manner that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• तथम्: so, thus, accordingly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथम्

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Repeated indulgence hardens into attachment and then into habit; therefore one should practice restraint and recognize early signs of addictive involvement, especially in activities like gambling.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is speaking in an instructive mode, promising to explain truthfully and precisely how persistent engagement leads to attachment and habitual gambling, framing the point as a moral warning.