Shloka 88

Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154

Devanagari script

सुखस्यानन्तरं दुःखं दुःखस्यानन्तरं सुखम्‌

Transliteration

sukhasyānantaraṃ duḥkhaṃ duḥkhasyānantaraṃ sukham

Translation

豺狼（Jambuka）说道：“乐后必有苦，苦后复有乐。应当明了世间境遇更迭无常，守心安定——不为欢娱所醉，不为痛苦所摧。”

Word by Word

• सुखस्य: of happiness
• सुखस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अनन्तरम्: immediately after
• अनन्तरम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर

• दुःखम्: sorrow
• दुःखम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• दुःखस्य: of sorrow
• दुःखस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अनन्तरम्: immediately after
• अनन्तरम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर

• सुखम्: happiness
• सुखम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

जम्बुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Jambuka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Pleasure and pain alternate in worldly life; recognizing this, one should cultivate steadiness (samatā), avoiding attachment to सुख and aversion to दुःख, and act according to dharma without being swayed by changing circumstances.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, Jambuka delivers a concise instruction: he points to the inevitable succession of सुख and दुःख as a basis for ethical composure and inner discipline.