Shloka 4

शान्ति पर्व (अध्याय 38): युधिष्ठिरस्य राजधर्म-जिज्ञासा तथा भीष्मोपसर्पण-प्रस्तावना | Shanti Parva Chapter 38: Yudhishthira’s Inquiry into Rajadharma and the Prelude to Approaching Bhishma

Devanagari script

ता: शनैरिव सव्रीडं प्रशशंसुर्युधिष्ठिरम्‌ । भीमसेनार्जुनौ चैव माद्रीपुत्रो च पाण्डवौ

Transliteration

tāḥ śanair iva savrīḍaṁ praśaśaṁsur yudhiṣṭhiram | bhīmasenārjunau caiva mādrīputro ca pāṇḍavau ||

Translation

সেই নাৰীসকলে যেন লাজ-সংকোচে ধীৰে ধীৰে যুধিষ্ঠিৰৰ প্ৰশংসা কৰিবলৈ ধৰিলে; ভীমসেন আৰু অৰ্জুনৰো, আৰু মাদ্ৰীৰ পুত্ৰ পাণ্ডৱসকলৰো গুণগান কৰিলে।

Word by Word

• ताः: those (women)
• ताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (स्त्री. सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• शनैः: slowly, gently
• शनैः: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शनैः (अव्यय)

• इव: as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)

• सव्रीडम्: with modesty/shyness
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सव्रीड (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रशशंसुः: praised
• Type: Verb
• Root: शंस् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• युधिष्ठिरम्: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भीमसेन: Bhīmasena
• भीमसेन: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अर्जुनौ: the two Arjunas (i.e., Arjuna along with another, per dual form)
• अर्जुनौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• एव: indeed, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• माद्रीपुत्रः: Mādrī's son
• माद्रीपुत्रः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: माद्रीपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• पाण्डवौ: the two Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhīmasena
• Arjuna
• Mādrī
• Pāṇḍavas
• women (nāryaḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights ethical decorum in speech: praise is offered with restraint and modesty, suggesting that virtue and rightful conduct earn public esteem, and that even admiration should be expressed in a dignified manner.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that a group of women, speaking gently and bashfully, begin to extol Yudhiṣṭhira and his brothers—Bhīma, Arjuna, and the son of Mādrī—marking a moment of acknowledgment and approval within the unfolding Shānti-parvan context.