Shloka 74
Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154
Devanagari script
अलं निर्बन्धमागत्य शोकस्य परिधारणे । अप्रत्ययं कुतो हास्य पुनरद्येह जीवितम्
Transliteration
alaṁ nirbandham āgatya śokasya paridhāraṇe | apratyayaṁ kuto hāsya punar adyeha jīvitam |
Translation
阇牟婆迦曰：“够了！莫再一再执拗，背负哀伤之重。如今连他的性命尚且无可凭据；又怎能说他今日在此复生？”
Word by Word
अलम्enough; no use
अलम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअलम्
निर्बन्धम्insistence; obstinacy
निर्बन्धम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिर्बन्ध
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
आगत्यhaving come; returning
आगत्य:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-गम्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage-neutral)
शोकस्यof grief
शोकस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootशोक
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
परिधारणेin bearing/holding (on oneself)
परिधारणे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपरि-धारण
Formneuter, locative, singular
अप्रत्ययम्lack of certainty; no assurance
अप्रत्ययम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअ-प्रत्यय
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
कुतःwhence? how? (rhetorical: how could there be?)
कुतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकुतः
हास्यlaughable; a matter for laughter
हास्य:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootहास्य
Formneuter, nominative, singular
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
अद्यtoday; now
अद्य:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य
इहhere
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
जीवितम्life; living
जीवितम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजीवित
Formneuter, nominative, singular
Speaker
जम्बुक उवाच
Characters & Entities
ज
जम्बुक (Jambuka)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Do not cling stubbornly to grief; life is uncertain, and lamentation cannot reverse death. The verse urges restraint, realism, and detachment in the face of mortality.
Jambuka addresses someone overwhelmed by sorrow, rebuking repeated fixation on mourning and questioning the possibility of restoring the person’s life, emphasizing the uncertainty of survival and the futility of persistent lament.