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Mahabharata · 7.107.15–16
॥
Санджая
Devanāgarī
तृणीकृत्य च यत् पार्थांस् तव पुत्रो ववल्ग ह ॥
विषमस्थान् समस्थो हि संरम्भाद् गतचेतसः ॥
बाल्यात् प्रभृति चारिघ्नस् तानि दुःखानि चिन्तयन् ॥
निरविद्यत धर्मात्मा जीवितेन वृकोदरः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tṛṇīkṛtya ca yat pārthāṃs tava putro vavalga ha ||
viṣamasthān samastho hi saṃrambhād gatacetasaḥ ||
bālyāt prabhṛti cārighnas tāni duḥkhāni cintayan ||
niravidyata dharmātmā jīvitena vṛkodaraḥ ||
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SanskritIASTMeaning
तृणीकृत्य च यत् पार्थान्tṛṇīkṛtya ca yat pārthān[into] nothing turning the Parthas; and turning the Parthas into nothing
तव पुत्रः ववल्ग हtava putraḥ vavalga hayour son exulted; your son gloated triumphantly
विषमस्थान् समस्थः हिviṣamasthān samasthaḥ hi[over] those fallen into misfortune — himself secure indeed; over those fallen into misfortune — himself standing secure
संरम्भात् गतचेतसःsaṃrambhāt gatacetasaḥ[from] arrogance having lost his reason; gone mad from arrogance
बाल्यात् प्रभृति च अरिघ्नःbālyāt prabhṛti ca arighnaḥand from childhood, slayer of foes; and from his youth, destroyer of enemies
तानि दुःखानि चिन्तयन्tāni duḥkhāni cintayanthose sorrows pondering; reflecting on those griefs
निरविद्यत धर्मात्माniravidyata dharmātmāgrew weary, the righteous-souled one; grew disgusted, righteous of soul
जीवितेन वृकोदरःjīvitena vṛkodaraḥof life, Vrikodara; of his own life, Vrikodara
Translation
...and how, turning the Parthas — fallen into misfortune — into nothing, your son gloated, himself secure, his reason lost to arrogance — pondering these sorrows, the righteous-souled Vrikodara, slayer of foes from his very childhood, grew weary of life.
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5a0ffc4254f7 · published Jul 19, 2026, 4:17:33 PM UTC
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To gloat over the fallen while standing on firm ground is a sign not of strength but of delusion: "samasthaḥ" mocks "viṣamasthān", and arrogance has stolen his reason. It is telling that righteous Bhima grows disgusted with life itself until this shame is repaid — for the noble, dishonor is bitterer than death. The verse teaches that mockery of the fallen turns back upon the mocker, for the humiliated remembers, and remembered pain breeds an unyielding resolve.