Shloka 32

Adhyāya 128 — Proposal to Restrain Keśava; Sātyaki’s Warning and Vidura–Dhṛtarāṣṭra Counsel

Devanagari script

याभ्यां हि देवा: स्वर्यातुः स्वर्गस्य पिदधुर्मुखम्‌ । बिभ्यतो5नुपरागस्य कामक्रोधौ सम वर्धिती

Transliteration

yābhyāṃ hi devāḥ svaryātuḥ svargasya pidadhur mukham | bibhyato 'nuparāgasya kāmakrodhau sama-vardhitī ||

Translation

毗舍婆耶那曰：“正因这两者——欲与怒——即便行于天界的诸神，也曾将乐园之门紧闭。对于惧失自制、畏染情欲之垢者，此双力若同等滋养，便成堕落之因。”

Word by Word

• याभ्याम्: by which two
• याभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: neuter, instrumental, dual

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• स्वर्यातुः: of the one who goes to heaven (svarga-goer)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्यातृ
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• स्वर्गस्य: of heaven
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• पिदधुः: closed/shut
• Type: Verb
• Root: पि-धा (पिधा)
• Form: perfect, 3rd, plural

• मुखम्: the mouth/entrance
• मुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• बिभ्यतः: of (one) fearing
• Type: Verb
• Root: भी
• Form: present active participle, masculine, genitive, singular

• अनुपरागस्य: of attachment/infatuation
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुपराग
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• कामक्रोधौ: desire and anger
• कामक्रोधौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कामक्रोध
• Form: masculine, nominative, dual

• सम्: together/fully
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• वर्धितौ: grown/increased
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्धित
• Form: past passive participle, masculine, nominative, dual

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• devāḥ (the gods)
• svarga (heaven)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Desire (kāma) and anger (krodha), when cultivated together, overpower discernment and can bar even the path to heaven; therefore restraint and vigilance against passion are essential to dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana delivers a moral observation within the Udyoga Parva’s counsel-filled context: he highlights how destructive impulses like desire and anger can ruin even exalted beings, underscoring the need for self-mastery amid rising conflict.