Shloka 85

Devanagari script

दिनमें भी यदि मैं आश्रमसे दूर निकल जाता हूँ तो मेरे माता-पिता व्याकुल हो उठते हैं एवं पिताजी आश्रमवासियोंके साथ मुझे खोजने निकल पढ़ते हैं ।। मात्रा पित्रा च सुभृशं दुःखिताभ्यामहं पुरा । उपालब्धश्न बहुशश्चिरेणागच्छसीति ह

Transliteration

mātrā pitrā ca subhṛśaṁ duḥkhitābhyām ahaṁ purā | upālabdhaś ca bahuśaś cireṇāgacchasīti ha ||

Translation

Yama dijo: «Antaño, mi madre y mi padre se afligían hondamente. Muchas veces me reprendían diciendo: “¿Por qué regresas tan tarde?”; pues aun si salía del eremitorio durante el día, se inquietaban, y mi padre partía con los moradores del eremitorio a buscarme.»

Word by Word

मात्राby (my) mother

पित्राby (my) father

चand

सुभृशम्exceedingly, greatly

दुःखिताभ्याम्by the two who were distressed

अहम्I

पुराformerly, earlier

उपालब्धःwas reproached/scolded

बहुशःmany times, repeatedly

चिरेणafter a long time, late

आगच्छसिyou come/return

इतिthus (quotative)

हindeed, for emphasis

Speaker

यम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yama

mother (of Yama)

father (of Yama)

āśrama (hermitage)

āśramavāsinaḥ (hermitage-dwellers)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights filial responsibility as a component of dharma: one should act with awareness that even small delays or thoughtless departures can cause intense anxiety to parents and elders, and therefore one should be considerate, communicative, and prompt.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yama recalls an earlier time when his parents, living in a hermitage setting, would become very distressed if he went away even during the day; his father would even go out with other residents to search for him, and they would repeatedly admonish him for returning late.