Shloka 52

अध्याय ८ — शल्यस्य सत्कारः, वरदानं, पाण्डवसमागमश्च (Śalya’s Reception, the Boon, and Meeting the Pāṇḍavas)

Devanagari script

सर्व दुःखमिदं वीर सुखोदर्क भविष्यति । नात्र मन्युस्त्वया कार्यो विधिहिं बलवत्तर:

Transliteration

sarva duḥkham idaṃ vīra sukhodarka bhaviṣyati | nātra manyus tvayā kāryo vidhihiṃ balavattaraḥ ||

Translation

โอ วีรบุรุษ ความทุกข์ทั้งมวลนี้ในบั้นปลายจักสุกงอมเป็นสุข ฉะนั้นท่านอย่าได้ปล่อยให้โทสะครอบงำ ณ ที่นี้เลย เพราะชะตากรรม (วิธิ) นั้นทรงอำนาจยิ่งกว่า

Word by Word

सर्वम्all, entire

दुःखम्sorrow, suffering

इदम्this

वीरO hero

सुखोदर्कम्having happiness as its outcome

भविष्यतिwill be, will become

नnot

अत्रhere, in this matter

मन्युःanger, wrath

त्वयाby you

कार्यःto be done, to be made (i.e., should be done)

विधिःfate, ordinance, destiny

हिindeed, for

बलवत्तरःstronger, more powerful

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śalya

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?

The verse counsels emotional restraint: do not be consumed by anger in adversity, because events unfold under a stronger ordering principle (vidhi), and present suffering may ripen into future good.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śalya addresses a warrior as “vīra,” offering reassurance and counsel amid distress, urging him to set aside wrath and accept that the course of events is governed by destiny, with the promise that hardship can culminate in happiness.