Shloka 35

Devanagari script

प्रतिगृह्म च तां पार्थ: पुरस्कृत्य जनार्दनम्‌ | विवाहं कारयामास सौभद्रस्य महात्मन: ।। ३५ इस प्रकार पार्थने उत्तराको ग्रहण करके भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णके सामने महामना अभिमन्यु और उत्तराका विवाह-संस्कार सम्पन्न कराया

Transliteration

pratigṛhya ca tāṃ pārthaḥ puraskṛtya janārdanam | vivāhaṃ kārayāmāsa saubhadrasya mahātmanaḥ || 35 ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Having accepted her, Pārtha (Arjuna), placing Janārdana (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) in the position of honor, caused the marriage rites to be performed for the great-souled Saubhadra (Abhimanyu). The episode underscores the dharmic ordering of social life even after turmoil: consent and guardianship are formally acknowledged, elders and divine well-wishers are honored, and a rightful union is solemnized through proper saṃskāra rather than impulse or force.

Word by Word

• प्रतिगृह्य: having accepted/taken (in marriage)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-ग्रह्
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि, —, —, —

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पार्थः: Pārtha (Arjuna)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरस्कृत्य: having placed in front / having made foremost
• Type: Verb
• Root: पुरस्-कृ
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि, —, —, —

• जनार्दनम्: Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• जनार्दनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विवाहम्: marriage (ceremony)
• विवाहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कारयामास: caused to be performed / had performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: लिट् (periphrastic perfect), Third, Singular, परस्मैपदम्, कर्तरि, णिच् (causative)

• सौभद्रस्य: of Saubhadra (Abhimanyu, son of Subhadrā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभद्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Janārdana (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• Saubhadra (Abhimanyu)
• Uttarā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid political upheaval, dharma is upheld through proper social rites: marriage is conducted as a sanctioned saṃskāra, with due acceptance of responsibility and public honoring of rightful elders/guardians and benefactors (here, Kṛṣṇa).

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna formally accepts Uttarā (as the bride to be given in marriage) and, honoring Kṛṣṇa as foremost, arranges and has performed the wedding ceremony of Abhimanyu (Saubhadra) and Uttarā.