यद्भवानाह धर्मिष्ठाः सदा दुःखस्य भागिनः । तन्मिथ्या दुःखजालानि पश्यामः पापिनामपि
yadbhavānāha dharmiṣṭhāḥ sadā duḥkhasya bhāginaḥ | tanmithyā duḥkhajālāni paśyāmaḥ pāpināmapi
آپ جو کہتے ہیں کہ دیندار لوگ ہمیشہ دکھ کے وارث ہوتے ہیں—یہ جھوٹ ہے۔ کیونکہ ہم گناہگاروں میں بھی دکھ کے جال دیکھتے ہیں۔
Nandabhadra
Listener: Satyavrata
Scene: Nandabhadra counters calmly: pointing to examples of suffering among sinners; a moral-logic tableau with contrasting figures—pious ascetic and sinful man—both touched by sorrow, illustrating the argument.
Suffering is not a proof against dharma; pain is observed across moral conditions, so dharma must be judged by deeper principles than mere comfort.
None; the verse is ethical reasoning within a dialogue.
None.