Mahābhārata · 2.71.16–17
॥
Devanāgarī
न मे कश् चिद् विजानीयान् मुखम् अद्येति भारत ॥
मुखम् आलिप्य तेनासौ सहदेवो ऽपि गच्छति ॥
नाहं मनांस्य् आददेयं मार्गे स्त्रीणाम् इति प्रभो ॥
पांसूपचितसर्वाङ्गो नकुलस् तेन गच्छति ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
na me kaś cid vijānīyān mukham adyeti bhārata ||
mukham ālipya tenāsau sahadevo 'pi gacchati ||
nāhaṃ manāṃsy ādadeyaṃ mārge strīṇām iti prabho ||
pāṃsūpacitasarvāṅgo nakulas tena gacchati ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
न मे कश् चिद् विजानीयान् मुखम् अद्य इति भारतna me kaś cid vijānīyān mukham adya iti bhārata"'let no one recognize my face today,' O Bharata --
मुखम् आलिप्य तेन असौ सहदेवो ऽपि गच्छतिmukham ālipya tena asau sahadevo 'pi gacchatihaving thus smeared his face, Sahadeva too goes;
न अहं मनांस्य् आददेयं मार्गे स्त्रीणाम् इति प्रभोna ahaṃ manāṃsy ādadeyaṃ mārge strīṇām iti prabho'let me not seize the hearts of women along the way,' O lord --
पांसु-उपचित-सर्व-अङ्गो नकुलस् तेन गच्छतिpāṃsu-upacita-sarva-aṅgo nakulas tena gacchati[therefore], his whole body strewn with dust, Nakula for that [reason] goes."
अद्येतिadyetioriginal form "adyeti", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तेनासौtenāsauoriginal form "tenāsau", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नाहंnāhaṃoriginal form "nāhaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पांसूपचितसर्वाङ्गोpāṃsūpacitasarvāṅgooriginal form "pāṃsūpacitasarvāṅgo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Traducción
[Vidura:] "'Let no one recognize my face today,' O Bharata -- having thus smeared his face, Sahadeva goes. 'Let me not seize the hearts of women along the way,' O lord -- therefore, his whole body strewn with dust, Nakula goes."
Versión
521631c1f95a · publicado 16 jul 2026, 16:17:50 UTC
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The gestures of the twins reveal their modesty: Sahadeva hides his face not out of shame for guilt but from not wishing to be recognized in the hour of calamity; Nakula, most handsome of men, deliberately disfigures himself with dust so as not to disturb the hearts of others. Thus even in humiliation they maintain a chaste restraint: beauty and dignity are not put on display but modestly concealed. The verse teaches that the noble, even in sorrow, think of others -- of not tempting or troubling them; that true modesty conceals its gifts rather than flaunting them; and that virtue shows itself in small things -- in how a person bears himself before people even in the midst of misfortune.