Shloka 15
उद्योगपर्व अध्याय १३३ — संजये मातृउपदेशः
Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 133 — A Mother’s Counsel to Saṃjaya
महाहमाल्याभरणां सुमृष्टाम्बरवाससम् | पुरा हृष्ट: सुहृद्र्गो मामपश्यत् सुहृदूगताम्
mahāhārābharaṇāṃ sumṛṣṭāmbaravāsasam | purā hṛṣṭaḥ suhṛdṛggo mām apaśyat suhṛdāgatām ||
Einst, als meine wohlgesinnten Freunde mich unter meinen eigenen Verwandten eintreffen sahen—geschmückt mit kostbaren Blumengirlanden, Halsketten und edlem Schmuck und gekleidet in überaus schöne, makellose, reine Gewänder—erfüllte sie große Freude.
पुत्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how social harmony and affection often express themselves through honoring one another; it also implicitly warns that such joy can be fragile when relationships deteriorate. Ethically, it points to the value of maintaining goodwill (suhṛt-bhāva) and respect within one’s kinship network.
The speaker (identified only as ‘the son’) recalls an earlier occasion when friends and well-wishers were delighted to see him arrive among relatives, richly adorned and well dressed—an evocative memory that sets up a contrast with the present tensions of the Udyoga Parva context.