Shloka 37
सुवर्णष्ठीविनोपाख्यानम्
The Account of Suvarṇaṣṭhīvin
स तमुत्सड़मारोप्य परिपीडितमानस: । पुत्र रुधिरसंसिक्तं पर्यदेवयदातुर:
sa tam utsaḍam āropya paripīḍita-mānasaḥ | putra-rudhira-saṃsiktaṃ paryadevayad āturaḥ ||
With his mind crushed by anguish, he lifted the body and set it upon a heap of refuse; then, seeing his son smeared with blood, he lamented on every side in desperate distress.
पर्वत उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical and psychological truth that intense personal loss can overpower composure and judgment; it invites reflection on compassion, the consequences of violence, and the need for steadiness in dharma even amid sorrow.
A man, mentally tormented, places someone onto a refuse-heap and then, seeing his son covered in blood, breaks into anguished lamentation—depicting a moment of shock and bereavement.