Shloka 6

Dvaītavana: Brahmaghoṣa, Rṣi-saṅgha, and Baka Dālbhyā’s Upadeśa to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

सुखोचितमदु:खार्ह दुरात्मा ससुहृदूगण: । ईदृशं दुःखमानीय मोदते पापपूरुष:,आप सुख भोगनेके योग्य हैं। दुःखके योग्य कदापि नहीं हैं, तो भी आपको ऐसे दुःखमें डालकर वह पापाचारी दुरात्मा अपने मित्रोंक साथ आनन्दित हो रहा है

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

sukhocitam aduḥkhārha durātmā sasuhr̥dūgaṇaḥ |

īdṛśaṃ duḥkham ānīya modate pāpapūruṣaḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：“你本应享乐，素来安适，并不该受苦；然而那邪恶的罪人——将这般苦难加诸于你——却与其朋党一同欢喜。”

Word by Word

सुखोचितम्fit for happiness/comfort

अदुःखार्हम्not deserving of sorrow

दुरात्माthe wicked-souled man

ससुहृद्गणःtogether with a group of friends

ईदृशम्such (of this kind)

दुःखम्sorrow, suffering

आनीयhaving brought/caused (to come)

मोदतेrejoices, takes delight

पापपूरुषःthe sinful man

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

an unnamed wicked/sinful man (durātmā, pāpapūruṣaḥ)

his friends (suhr̥d-gaṇa)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse condemns the ethical perversity of taking joy in another’s undeserved suffering, portraying such delight as a mark of sin (pāpa) and a corrupted mind (durātmā).

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) describes a situation where a virtuous or undeserving person is forced into misery, while the wrongdoer who caused it celebrates with his companions.