Shloka 22

Devanagari script

संदेष्टव्यां तु मन्ये त्वां द्विजातिं कोपन प्रति । पृथे बालेति कृत्वा वै सुता चासि ममेति च,“तथापि पृथे! तुम अभी बालिका और मेरी पुत्री हो, इसलिये इन क्रोधी ब्राह्मणके प्रति बर्ताव करनेके विषयमें तुम्हें कुछ उपदेश देनेकी आवश्यकताका अनुभव मैं करता हूँ

Transliteration

sandeṣṭavyāṃ tu manye tvāṃ dvijātiṃ kopanaṃ prati | pṛthe bāleti kṛtvā vai sutā cāsi mameti ca ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “I think you must be instructed about how to deal with this irascible Brahmin. For, O Pṛthā, you are still a young girl, and moreover you are my daughter.”

Word by Word

संदेष्टव्याम्to be instructed / to be advised

तुbut, indeed

मन्येI think

त्वाम्you

द्विजातिम्the twice-born (brahmin class)

कोपनangry, wrathful

प्रतिtowards, with regard to

पृथेO Pritha (Kunti)

बालाa young girl

इतिthus (quotative)

कृत्वाhaving made / having considered

वैindeed

सुताdaughter

चand

असिyou are

ममof me / my

इतिthus (quotative)

चand

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pṛthā (Kuntī)

dvijāti (a Brahmin)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when confronted by an angry Brahmin, one should act with restraint and proper decorum; therefore elders feel obliged to counsel the young on ethically appropriate conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses Pṛthā (Kuntī), noting her youth and her relationship as his ‘daughter,’ and introduces the need to instruct her on how to behave toward an irascible twice-born (Brahmin).