Shloka 31

Devanagari script

शुभं वा यदि वा पापं भ्रातृणां स्थानमद्य मे । तदेव प्राप्तुमिच्छामि लोकानन्यान्न कामये

Transliteration

śubhaṃ vā yadi vā pāpaṃ bhrātṝṇāṃ sthānam adya me | tad eva prāptum icchāmi lokān anyān na kāmaye ||

Translation

ไม่ว่าปลายทางของพี่น้องข้าจะเป็นมงคลหรือเป็นบาป วันนี้ข้าปรารถนาจะไปถึงที่เดียวกันนั้นเอง ข้ามิใคร่โลกอื่นใดนอกจากโลกของพวกเขา.

Word by Word

शुभम्good (deed/result)

वाor

यदिif

वाor

पापम्sin, evil (deed/result)

भ्रातृणाम्of (my) brothers

स्थानम्place, state, abode

अद्यtoday, now

मेmy, of me

तत्that

एवindeed, just

प्राप्तुम्to attain, to reach

इच्छामिI desire

लोकान्worlds, realms

अन्यान्other

नnot

कामयेI desire, I wish for

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

bhrātṛ (brothers)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights unwavering solidarity and ethical commitment: the speaker expresses that personal spiritual gain is not sought apart from one’s brothers. Even if their end is judged good or bad, he chooses to share their fate rather than pursue a separate, supposedly superior, destiny.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Mahāprasthānika Parva’s account of the Great Departure, the speaker reports a resolve voiced during the final journey: the character refuses alternative heavenly rewards and insists on attaining the same destination as his brothers, whatever its moral quality.