Mahābhārata · 1.151.6
॥
Devanāgarī
को ऽयम् अन्नम् इदं भुङ्क्ते मदर्थम् उपकल्पितम् ॥
पश्यतो मम दुर्बुद्धिर् यियासुर् यमसादनम् ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
ko 'yam annam idaṃ bhuṅkte madartham upakalpitam ||
paśyato mama durbuddhir yiyāsur yamasādanam ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
कः अयम् अन्नम् इदं भुङ्क्ते मदर्थम् उपकल्पितम्kaḥ ayam annam idaṃ bhuṅkte madartham upakalpitam"who is this eating this food, prepared for me,
पश्यतः मम दुर्बुद्धिः यियासुः यमसादनम्paśyataḥ mama durbuddhiḥ yiyāsuḥ yamasādanambefore my eyes, the fool, as if wishing to go to Yama's abode?"
कोkooriginal form "ko", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽयम्'yamoriginal form "'yam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पश्यतोpaśyatooriginal form "paśyato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दुर्बुद्धिर्durbuddhiroriginal form "durbuddhir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यियासुर्yiyāsuroriginal form "yiyāsur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Traducción
Baka said: "Who is this fool eating this food, prepared for me, before my very eyes — as if wishing to go to Yama's abode?"
Versión
ba1276a1bd58 · publicado 12 jul 2026, 17:19:51 UTC
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The tyrant's outrage betrays his habit of unquestioned submission. It is telling that what strikes Baka is not the intruder's daring as such, but that someone dared it "before his eyes": a devourer who has never known resistance cannot believe that anyone would defy him. Here is the blindness of unchecked power: long impunity breeds certainty of one's own invincibility, and so the blow against it comes unforeseen. So the scripture shows that evil grown accustomed to its victims' submission loses its vigilance; and Baka's haughty "who dared?" is the beginning of his awakening and his end.