Shloka 57
Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154
इष्टदारवियुक्ताश्च पुत्रशोकान्वितास्तथा । दहामाना: सम शोकेन गृहं गच्छन्ति नित्यश:,प्रिय पत्नीके वियोग और पुत्रशोकसे संतप्त हो कितने ही प्राणी प्रतिदिन शोककी आगमें जलते हुए इस मरघटसे अपने घरको लौटते हैं
iṣṭadāraviyuktāś ca putraśokānvitās tathā | dahyamānāḥ samaśokena gṛhaṃ gacchanti nityaśaḥ ||
جمبوک نے کہا—“محبوب بیوی کے فراق اور بیٹوں کے غم سے نڈھال بہت سے جاندار روز بہ روز اسی غم کی آگ میں جلتے ہوئے اس شمشان سے اٹھتے ہیں اور پھر اپنے گھروں کو لوٹ جاتے ہیں۔”
जम्बुक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the repetitive, consuming nature of worldly attachment: even after confronting death at the cremation-ground, people return to household life still burning with the same grief. It implicitly urges vairāgya (dispassion) and steadiness of mind in the face of inevitable loss.
Jambuka is describing a common human scene: mourners who have lost a beloved wife or a son come to the cremation-ground, are scorched by sorrow, and yet repeatedly go back to their homes—showing how ordinary life continues while grief persists.