महाभारत · 2.68.19
॥
देवनागरी
वैशंपायन उवाच
एवं ब्रुवाणम् अजिनैर् विवासितं; दुःखाभिभूतं परिनृत्यति स्म ॥
मध्ये कुरूणां धर्मनिबद्धमार्गं; गौर् गौर् इति स्माह्वयन् मुक्तलज्जः ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
evaṃ bruvāṇam ajinair vivāsitaṃ; duḥkhābhibhūtaṃ parinṛtyati sma ||
madhye kurūṇāṃ dharmanibaddhamārgaṃ; gaur gaur iti smāhvayan muktalajjaḥ ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
एवं ब्रुवाणम् अजिनैर् विवासितं दुःख-अभिभूतं परिनृत्यति स्मevaṃ bruvāṇam ajinair vivāsitaṃ duḥkha-abhibhūtaṃ parinṛtyati smaover him thus speaking, clad in skins, overwhelmed with grief, [Duhshasana] danced about,
मध्ये कुरूणां धर्म-निबद्ध-मार्गं गौर् गौर् इति स्म आह्वयन् मुक्त-लज्जःmadhye kurūṇāṃ dharma-nibaddha-mārgaṃ gaur gaur iti sma āhvayan mukta-lajjaḥamid the Kurus, over one whose path was bound by dharma, crying out 'Cow! Cow!', having cast off all shame.
वैशंपायनvaiśaṃpāyanaoriginal form "vaiśaṃpāyana", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दुःखाभिभूतंduḥkhābhibhūtaṃoriginal form "duḥkhābhibhūtaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
धर्मनिबद्धमार्गंdharmanibaddhamārgaṃoriginal form "dharmanibaddhamārgaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
स्माह्वयन्smāhvayanoriginal form "smāhvayan", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मुक्तलज्जःmuktalajjaḥoriginal form "muktalajjaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
And over him thus speaking [Bhima], clad in skins and overwhelmed with grief, whose path was bound by dharma, Duhshasana danced about amid the Kurus, crying out 'Cow! Cow!', having cast off all shame.
संस्करण
017a38ef4dcc · प्रकाशित 16 जुल॰ 2026, 4:12:36 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Shamelessness reaches its limit: the mocker dances over the grieving one, driving him on like cattle with a shout. But the very words 'his path bound by dharma' expose everything: he is bound not by fear but by duty, and so it is the strongest one in the assembly who endures the abuse. The gloating dance over one bound by dharma is a spectacle of disgrace — but the disgrace of the dancer, not of the bound. The verse teaches that one who has cast off shame mocks all the more brazenly the more defenseless the victim; that the greatest humiliation is often borne by the strongest, who restrains himself for duty's sake; and that mockery of one bound by dharma does not degrade him but only more fully exposes the beastliness of the mocker, for whom this very dance will in its time be remembered.