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Shloka 100

युधिछिर उवाच महाज्ञानमहड्कारो दम्भो धर्मो ध्वजोच्छूय: । दैवं दानफल प्रोक्तं पैशुन्यं परदूषणम्‌,युधिष्ठिर बोले--महान्‌ अज्ञान अहंकार है, अपनेको झूठ-मूठ बड़ा धर्मात्मा प्रसिद्ध करना दम्भ है, दानका फल दैव कहलाता है और दूसरोंको दोष लगाना पैशुन्य (चुगली) है

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | mahājñānam ahaṅkāro dambho dharmo dhvajocchrayaḥ | daivaṃ dānaphalaṃ proktaṃ paiśunyaṃ paradūṣaṇam ||

尤提士提罗答道:“我慢(ahamkāra)实为大无明。矫饰(dambha)乃是把自己装扮成极其正直之人以求名声。布施之果称为天命之报(daiva)。而背后中伤(paiśunya)就是挑人过失、毁人名誉。”

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira
युधिष्ठिरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular
महाज्ञानम्great ignorance (lit. great non-knowledge)
महाज्ञानम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहाज्ञान
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अहङ्कारःegoism, pride
अहङ्कारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअहङ्कार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दम्भःhypocrisy, pretence
दम्भः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदम्भ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धर्मःdharma, righteousness
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ध्वज-उच्छ्रयःraising a banner (as a show), ostentation
ध्वज-उच्छ्रयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootध्वजोच्छ्रय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दैवम्fate, divine dispensation
दैवम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदैव
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
दान-फलम्fruit/result of giving
दान-फलम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदानफल
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
प्रोक्तम्is said/called
प्रोक्तम्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-वच्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)
पैशुन्यम्slander, tale-bearing
पैशुन्यम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपैशुन्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
पर-दूषणम्fault-finding in others, defaming others
पर-दूषणम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपरदूषण
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

The verse defines key moral pitfalls: ego is treated as profound ignorance; hypocrisy is the public display of righteousness; charity yields a providential fruit; and malicious gossip consists in blaming and defaming others. It urges inner sincerity, humility, and restraint in speech.

In a didactic exchange in the Vana Parva, Yudhiṣṭhira articulates concise definitions of ethical terms—clarifying what truly counts as pride, hypocrisy, the result of charity, and slander—so that conduct can be judged by inner truth rather than outward show.