Shloka 34

Devanagari script

न विन्दामि महाबाहो सहदेवस्य दुष्कृतम्‌ । यस्मिन्नेवंविध॑ दु:खं प्राप्तुयात्‌ सत्यविक्रम:,महाबाहो! जहाँतक मैं जानती हूँ, सहदेवने कभी कोई पाप नहीं किया है, जिससे इस सत्यपराक्रमी वीरको ऐसा दुःख उठाना पड़े

Transliteration

na vindāmi mahābāho sahadevasya duṣkṛtam | yasmin evaṃvidhaṃ duḥkhaṃ prāptuyāt satyavikramaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Hỡi bậc đại dũng tay dài, ta không thấy nơi Sahadeva có điều ác nào khiến vị anh hùng kiên trụ nơi chân lý ấy phải gánh chịu nỗi sầu khổ như thế.”

Word by Word

नnot

विन्दामिI find

महाबाहोO mighty-armed one

सहदेवस्यof Sahadeva

दुष्कृतम्evil deed, sin

यस्मिन्in which

एवंविधम्of such a kind

दुःखम्sorrow, suffering

प्राप्तुयात्might obtain, should come to

सत्यविक्रमःthe truly-valiant one

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Sahadeva

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 highlights the ethical tension between suffering and moral desert: a virtuous person may undergo intense sorrow without any evident wrongdoing, prompting reflection on karma, fate, and the limits of human judgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana comments that he cannot identify any misdeed of Sahadeva that would justify such suffering for a hero described as steadfast in truth and valor, underscoring Sahadeva’s blamelessness amid hardship.