Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अर्थानां च पुनर्ददधे नित्यं भवति संशय: । अन्यथा चिन्तितो हार्थ: पुनर्भवति सोउन्यथा,“जिन विषयोंमें दुविधा पड़ जाती है, उनमें सदा संदेह बना रहता है। किसी विषयको अन्य प्रकारसे सोचा जाता है, किंतु पता लगनेपर वह किसी और ही प्रकारका सिद्ध होता है

Transliteration

arthānāṃ ca punar dadadhe nityaṃ bhavati saṃśayaḥ | anyathā cintito hy arthaḥ punar bhavati so 'nyathā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Khi người ta cứ trở đi trở lại một việc, nghi hoặc luôn dai dẳng. Một điều được tưởng theo cách này, nhưng khi sáng tỏ rồi, lại hóa ra cách khác.”

Word by Word

अर्थानाम्of matters/things (topics)

चand

पुनःagain

ददधेhe placed/put; he applied (his mind)

नित्यम्always

भवतिarises/is

संशयःdoubt

अन्यथाotherwise; in another way

चिन्तितःthought/considered

अर्थःmatter/meaning/thing

पुनःagain

भवतिbecomes/turns out

सःthat/he

अन्यथाotherwise; differently

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

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?

Persistent reconsideration without firm grounds breeds continuing doubt; and human judgment often misreads situations—what is assumed to be one way may later prove to be quite different.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana offers a reflective observation about uncertainty and mistaken inference, framing the unfolding events as situations where appearances can mislead and clarity may reverse earlier assumptions.