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Shloka 5

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय २५: संजयदूतवाक्यम्

Sañjaya’s Envoy-Speech on Peace

कामाभि ध्या स्वशरीरं दुनोति यया प्रमुक्तो न करोति दुःखम्‌ | यथेध्यमानस्य समिद्धतेजसो भूयो बलं॑ वर्धते पावकस्य

kāmābhidhyā svaśarīraṁ dunoti yayā pramukto na karoti duḥkham | yathedhyamānasya samiddhatejaso bhūyo balaṁ vardhate pāvakasya ||

Sañjaya nói: “Mải nghĩ về đối tượng dục vọng làm hao mòn chính thân mình; nhưng khi được giải thoát khỏi cơn thèm khát ấy, người ta không còn tự tạo ra khổ đau nữa. Vì như ngọn lửa được thêm củi, bừng sáng rực rỡ thì càng thêm mạnh, dục vọng—khi được nuông chiều—cũng chỉ tăng thêm sức lực.”

कामाभिध्याbrooding/meditation on desires
कामाभिध्या:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकामाभिध्या
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
स्वशरीरम्one's own body
स्वशरीरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्वशरीर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
दुनोतिafflicts, torments
दुनोति:
TypeVerb
Rootदु (दुनोति)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
ययाby which
यया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
प्रमुक्तःfreed, released
प्रमुक्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र-मुच् (प्रमुक्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
करोतिdoes, makes, experiences
करोति:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (करोति)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
दुःखम्sorrow, suffering
दुःखम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदुःख
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
यथाas, just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
इध्यमानस्यof (something) being kindled
इध्यमानस्य:
TypeAdjective
Rootइन्ध् (इध्यमान)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
समिद्धतेजसःof (one) whose brilliance is kindled
समिद्धतेजसः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसमिद्धतेजस्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
भूयःagain, further, more
भूयः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभूयस्
बलम्strength
बलम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबल
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
वर्धतेincreases, grows
वर्धते:
TypeVerb
Rootवृध् (वर्धते)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
पावकस्यof fire
पावकस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootपावक
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular

संजय उवाच

संजय (Sañjaya)
पावक (fire)

Educational Q&A

Fixation on desire (kāmābhidhyā) harms the person and multiplies suffering; freedom comes from releasing that craving. Indulged desire grows stronger—like fire fed with fuel—so restraint and letting go are presented as the ethical remedy.

Sañjaya is conveying a reflective, moral observation within the Udyoga Parva’s counsel-filled atmosphere: he uses a vivid simile of fire to explain how desire intensifies when nourished, urging a stance of detachment to prevent further distress.