महाभारत · 1.148.2
॥
देवनागरी
ब्राह्मण उवाच
उपपन्नं सताम् एतद् यद् ब्रवीषि तपोधने ॥
न तु दुःखम् इदं शक्यं मानुषेण व्यपोहितुम् ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
brāhmaṇa uvāca
upapannaṃ satām etad yad bravīṣi tapodhane ||
na tu duḥkham idaṃ śakyaṃ mānuṣeṇa vyapohitum ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
उपपन्नं सताम् एतत् यत् ब्रवीषि तपोधनेupapannaṃ satām etat yat bravīṣi tapodhane"worthy of the good is what you say, O rich in austerity;
न तु दुःखम् इदं शक्यं मानुषेण व्यपोहितुम्na tu duḥkham idaṃ śakyaṃ mānuṣeṇa vyapohitumbut this sorrow cannot be removed by a human"
ब्राह्मणbrāhmaṇaoriginal form "brāhmaṇa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एतद्etadoriginal form "etad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यद्yadoriginal form "yad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
The brahmin said: "What you say is worthy of the good, O rich in austerity; but this sorrow cannot be averted by a human being."
संस्करण
c5aeb92796fc · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 5:09:57 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here the grieving man, moved by her compassion, still sees no hope. His words are significant: "no human can avert this" — he has measured the trouble by the measure of human strength and found it beyond bearing. Here is providence's hidden irony: the brahmin is right that an ordinary man cannot manage it — yet he does not know that beside him stands the son of Vayu, endowed with superhuman strength. Thus the verse shows that the limit of human power is not the limit of the possible: where human strength runs out, a power granted from above begins to act; and the brahmin's despair will be put to shame by the deliverance to come.