Shloka 33
Arjuna’s request to Krishna and the opening of the Kāśyapa–Brāhmaṇa mokṣa discourse (Āśvamedhika-parva 16)
मातरो विविधा दृष्टा: पितरश्न पृथग्विधा: । सुखानि च विचित्राणि दुःखानि च मयानघ
mātaro vividhā dṛṣṭāḥ pitaraś ca pṛthagvidhāḥ | sukhāni ca vicitrāṇi duḥkhāni ca mayānagha ||
悉达者说道：“我见过种种母亲与种种父亲，各各性情不同。我也经历过千般欢喜，同样也经历过千般忧苦——无罪者啊。”
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the diversity and instability of worldly life: family relations and life experiences vary widely, and one encounters many forms of pleasure and pain. Ethically, it points toward maturity and detachment—recognizing that such fluctuations are part of embodied existence rather than grounds for pride, despair, or adharma.
A Siddha addresses a ‘blameless’ listener and speaks from lived observation, summarizing how he has witnessed many different kinds of parents and undergone varied joys and sorrows. This functions as reflective counsel within the Ashvamedhika Parva’s broader moral-discursive passages.