Shloka 32

Viṣṇu-sahasranāma—Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Recitation (विष्णोर्नामसहस्रम्)

Devanagari script

न तेषां विषम किंचिन्न दु:खं न च कण्टका:

Transliteration

na teṣāṃ viṣama kiṃcin na duḥkhaṃ na ca kaṇṭakāḥ

Translation

阎摩王说道：“对他们而言，并无崎岖不平、亦无逆境——毫无痛苦，也没有‘荆棘’，即任何刺痛的障碍。”

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तेषाम्: of them / for them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• विषमम्: unevenness; adversity; difficulty
• विषमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषम
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• किञ्चित्: anything; at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किञ्चित्

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• दुःखम्: sorrow; suffering
• दुःखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कण्टकाः: thorns; troubles/obstacles
• कण्टकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्टक
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

यम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yama

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That those who have attained the righteous goal (through dharma) experience a condition free from adversity: no suffering and no painful impediments—symbolized by “thorns.”

What is happening in the narrative?

Yama is describing the state or realm enjoyed by certain persons (implicitly the virtuous), emphasizing its complete absence of distress and obstacles.