महाभारत · 2.42.16–17
॥
देवनागरी
एवमादि ततः सर्वे सहितास् ते नराधिपाः ॥
वासुदेववचः श्रुत्वा चेदिराजं व्यगर्हयन् ॥
ततस् तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा शिशुपालः प्रतापवान् ॥
जहास स्वनवद् धासं प्रहस्येदम् उवाच ह ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
evamādi tataḥ sarve sahitās te narādhipāḥ ||
vāsudevavacaḥ śrutvā cedirājaṃ vyagarhayan ||
tatas tad vacanaṃ śrutvā śiśupālaḥ pratāpavān ||
jahāsa svanavad dhāsaṃ prahasyedam uvāca ha ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
एवम्-आदि ततः सर्वेevam-ādi tataḥ sarvesuch and more, then all
सहितास् ते नराधिपाःsahitās te narādhipāḥtogether, those lords of men,
वासुदेव-वचः श्रुत्वाvāsudeva-vacaḥ śrutvāVasudeva's words having heard,
चेदिराजं व्यगर्हयन्cedirājaṃ vyagarhayanreproached the Chedi-king;
ततस् तद् वचनं श्रुत्वाtatas tad vacanaṃ śrutvāthen, that word having heard,
शिशुपालः प्रतापवान्śiśupālaḥ pratāpavānShishupala, the mighty one,
जहास स्वनवद् धासंjahāsa svanavad dhāsaṃlaughed a resounding laugh
प्रहस्य इदम् उवाच हprahasya idam uvāca haand, having laughed, said this:
एवमादिevamādioriginal form "evamādi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वासुदेववचःvāsudevavacaḥoriginal form "vāsudevavacaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्रहस्येदम्prahasyedamoriginal form "prahasyedam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
Having heard this and more — Vasudeva's words — all those lords of men together reproached the Chedi-king. And Shishupala the mighty, having heard that word, laughed a resounding laugh, and, having laughed, said:
संस्करण
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
To the recital of his crimes Shishupala answers with laughter — not with repentance, not with a defense, but with mockery. It is telling that even in the face of exposure a hardened heart does not falter: his laughter is the final seal of impenitence. The verse teaches that there is a degree of hardening beyond which even clear exposure provokes not shame but derision; and this is the surest sign of ruin — to laugh where one ought to tremble. He who answers the reckoning of his own crimes with a guffaw has himself shut the door to salvation; and this resounding laugh over the word of the Lord is already the knell tolling for the one who laughs.