Shloka 35
Arjuna’s request to Krishna and the opening of the Kāśyapa–Brāhmaṇa mokṣa discourse (Āśvamedhika-parva 16)
अवमाना: सुकष्टाश्न॒ राजत: स्वजनात् तथा | शारीरा मानसा वापि वेदना भृशदारुणा:,राजा और स्वजनोंकी ओरसे मुझे कई बार बड़े-बड़े कष्ट और अपमान उठाने पड़े हैं। तन और मनकी अत्यन्त भयंकर वेदनाएँ सहनी पड़ी हैं
avamānāḥ sukaṣṭāś ca rājataḥ svajanāt tathā | śārīrā mānasā vāpi vedanā bhṛśadāruṇāḥ ||
Mula sa hari, at gayundin mula sa sarili kong mga kamag-anak, paulit-ulit kong tiniis ang mga paghamak at mabibigat na paghihirap. Dinala ko ang matitinding kirot—sa katawan at sa isip—na lubhang kakila-kilabot sa tindi.
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the ethical weight of endurance: suffering can arise not only from enemies but from authority and one’s own kin. The Siddha’s testimony highlights the need for inner steadiness and discernment when facing humiliation and intense physical and mental pain.
A Siddha speaks in the first person, recounting repeated experiences of insult and severe hardship inflicted by a king and by his own relatives, emphasizing the extremity of both bodily and psychological anguish he has had to bear.