Mahabharata — Stree Parva, Shloka 236

स्त्रीपर्व १: धृतराष्ट्रशोकः संजयाश्वासनं च

Strī Parva 1: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament and Saṃjaya’s Consolation

Devanagari script

सृञ्जये पुत्रशोकार्ते यदूचु्मुनय: पुरा । “नृपश्रेष्ठ राजन! आपने बड़े-बूढ़ोंके मुखसे वे वेदोंके सिद्धान्त

Transliteration

Sṛñjaye putraśokārte yad ūcur munayaḥ purā.

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana sprach: „O König, du hast aus dem Mund der Ältesten die fest begründeten Lehren der Veden und die vielfältigen Unterweisungen der Śāstras vernommen — eben jene Tröstungen, die in alter Zeit die Weisen dem König Sṛñjaya zusprachen, als ihn der Schmerz um seinen Sohn quälte. Darum lege deinen Kummer ab.“

Word by Word

• सृञ्जये: to Sṛñjaya
• सृञ्जये: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृञ्जय
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• पुत्रशोक-आर्ते: when (he was) afflicted by grief for (his) son
• पुत्रशोक-आर्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्रशोक + आर्त
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Plural

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुरा: formerly, in olden times
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

Speaker

वैशमग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Sṛñjaya
• munayaḥ (sages)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Grief should be restrained through remembered wisdom: the established teachings of the Vedas and śāstras, as transmitted by elders and sages, are presented as a remedy for overwhelming sorrow.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana reminds the listener-king that earlier sages once consoled King Sṛñjaya when he mourned his son; invoking that precedent, he urges the present king to give up lamentation.