Shloka 41

अध्याय ३० — क्रोधदोषाः क्षमाप्रशंसा च

Defects of Anger and the Praise of Forbearance

Devanagari script

आर्यशास्त्रातिगे क्रूरे लुब्धे धर्मापचायिनि । धार्तरष्टे श्रियं दत्ता धाता कि फलमश्लुते,जो आर्यशास्त्रोंकी आज्ञाका उल्लंघन करनेवाला, क्रूर, लोभी तथा धर्मकी हानि करनेवाला है, उस धृतराष्ट्रपुत्र दुर्योधनको धन देकर विधाता क्या फल पाता है?

Transliteration

āryaśāstrātige krūre lubdhe dharmāpacāyini | dhārtarāṣṭre śriyaṃ dattā dhātā ki phalamaśnute ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Yudhiṣṭhira: “Kung ang Tagapag-ayos ay nagkakaloob ng kasaganaan sa anak ni Dhṛtarāṣṭra na lumabag sa marangal na mga tuntunin, na malupit, sakim, at sumisira sa dharma—anong bunga ang nakukuha ng Tagapag-atas sa pagbibigay ng gayong kapalaran?”

Word by Word

आर्यशास्त्रातिगेin/with one who transgresses the noble scriptures

क्रूरेin/with the cruel (one)

लुब्धेin/with the greedy (one)

धर्मापचायिनिin/with one who causes the decline of dharma

धार्तराष्ट्रेin/with the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Duryodhana)

श्रियम्prosperity, wealth

दत्ताhaving given / (when) given

धाताthe Creator, Dispenser (Fate)

किम्what

फलम्fruit, result

अश्नुतेobtains, enjoys

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Dhātā (the Creator/Providence)

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Duryodhana (implied by 'dhārtarāṣṭra')

Śrī (prosperity/fortune)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse raises the classic ethical problem of undeserved prosperity: when fortune seems to favor a person who violates noble law and harms dharma, it provokes reflection on divine order, the timing of karmic results, and the limits of human understanding of providence.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the forest-exile context, Yudhiṣṭhira laments the apparent success of the Kaurava side—especially Duryodhana—despite his cruelty and greed, and questions what purpose Providence serves by granting him wealth and royal splendor.