Shloka 5

Adhyāya 348: Nāga–Nīgabhāryā Saṃvāda on Anger, Hope, and Ethical Response

Devanagari script

नैव तस्यापरो लोको नायं पार्थिवसत्तम

Transliteration

naiva tasyāparo loko nāyaṃ pārthivasattama

Translation

毗舍波衍那说：“对那样的人而言，来世既无更高的世界，今世这尘世之福亦不可得——噢，诸王之最胜者。”

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• eva: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva

• tasya: of him/of that
• tasya: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• aparaḥ: other/another
• aparaḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apara
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• lokaḥ: world (hereafter/other world)
• lokaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• pārthiva-sattama: O best of kings/earthly lords
• pārthiva-sattama: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: pārthiva-sattama
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• pārthivasattama (address to a foremost king)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A moral warning: certain unrighteous conduct leads to a double loss—one loses both the fruits of the next world (apara-loka) and the stability or benefit of this world. Dharma is presented as the basis for welfare in both realms.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a didactic passage in Śānti Parva, addressing a king (pārthivasattama) and emphasizing the grave consequences of the condemned behavior being discussed in the surrounding verses.