Shloka 13
शोक-शमन उपदेशः
Instruction on the Pacification of Grief
Devanagari script
छिन्न॑ वाप्यवरोप्यन्तमवतीर्णमथापि वा । आदी वाप्यथवा शुष्क॑ पच्यमानमथापि वा
Transliteration
chinnaṃ vāpy avaropyantam avatīrṇam athāpi vā | ādī vāpy athavā śuṣkaṃ pacyamānam athāpi vā
Translation
或被斩断，或被拖拽而去，或已倒下；或正被焚烧，或枯槁而受炙烤——纵在如此绝境，智者亦不舍正行之道，不离达摩。
Word by Word
छिन्नम्cut off, severed
छिन्नम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootछिन्न (√छिद्)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
अपिalso, even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
अवरोप्यम्to be uprooted/removed, being uprooted
अवरोप्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअवरोप्य (√रुह्/√रोप् with ava-)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अन्तम्end, limit
अन्तम्:
TypeNoun
Rootअन्त
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अवतीर्णम्descended, fallen down
अवतीर्णम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअवतीर्ण (√तॄ with ava-)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अथthen, and
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
अपिalso, even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
आदीbeginning etc.; (here) beginnings (dual form as read)
आदी:
TypeNoun
Rootआदि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
अपिalso, even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
अथवाor else
अथवा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथवा
शुष्कम्dry, withered
शुष्कम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootशुष्क
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
पच्यमानम्being cooked/burnt, roasting
पच्यमानम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपच्यमान (√पच्)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अथthen, and
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
अपिalso, even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
Speaker
विदुर उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
ViduraCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Even amid extreme bodily danger and suffering—being cut down, dragged, fallen, burning, or scorched—one should not forsake dharma; the verse underscores ethical steadiness and humane restraint in times of violence.
In the Stree Parva’s aftermath of the war, Vidura speaks in a moral register, describing dire conditions that befall people in catastrophe and war, to emphasize the gravity of suffering and the need for righteous conduct and compassion.