Mahabharata 3.2.16 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 2, Shloka 16

ब्राह्मणानुयात्रा—शौनकोपदेशः

Brāhmaṇas Follow into Exile and Śaunaka’s Instruction

Devanagari script

शोकस्थानसहस्राणि भयस्थानशतानि च । दिवसे दिवसे मूढमाविशन्ति न पण्डितम्‌

Transliteration

śokasthānasahasrāṇi bhayasthānaśatāni ca | divase divase mūḍham āviśanti na paṇḍitam ||

Translation

โอกาสแห่งความโศกมีนับพัน และโอกาสแห่งความหวาดกลัวมีนับร้อย สิ่งเหล่านี้ครอบงำคนเขลาอยู่ทุกวัน แต่ไม่อาจกดข่มบัณฑิตผู้รู้ได้

Word by Word

• शोकस्थानसहस्राणि: thousands of places/causes of sorrow
• शोकस्थानसहस्राणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोकस्थानसहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• भयस्थानशतानि: hundreds of places/causes of fear
• भयस्थानशतानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भयस्थानशत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

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

• दिवसे: in a day
• दिवसे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• दिवसे: in (each) day
• दिवसे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• मूढम्: a deluded person
• मूढम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूढ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आविशन्ति: enter/assail
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-विश्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• पण्डितम्: a wise person
• पण्डितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पण्डित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Life presents countless triggers for grief and fear, but the decisive factor is one’s discernment: the deluded mind is repeatedly overwhelmed, while the wise remain inwardly steady and are not ruled by such emotions.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a reflective, didactic statement within the Vana Parva context, offering a general moral observation about human vulnerability to sorrow and fear and the resilience of the wise.