Shloka 37

Pāṇḍu’s Marriages, Conquests, and Triumphal Return (पाण्डोर्विवाह-विजय-प्रत्यागमनम्)

Devanagari script

आनृशंस्याच्च यद्‌ ब्रूयां तच्छुत्वा कर्तुमहसि । यवीयसस्तव क्रातुर्भार्ये सुरसुतोपमे

Transliteration

ānṛśaṁsyāc ca yad brūyāṁ tac chrutvā kartum arhasi | yavīyasaḥ tava kratur bhārye surasutopame ||

Translation

Par compassion, je te dirai ce qui doit être fait ; l’ayant entendu, tu dois l’accomplir. Ô épouse de ton cadet Kratu — toi qui es comparable à une fille des dieux — écoute et agis en conséquence.

Word by Word

आनृशंस्यात्from compassion / out of kindness

चand

यत्what (that which)

ब्रूयाम्I should say / I would say

तत्that

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

कर्तुम्to do

अर्हसिyou ought / you are fit

यवीयसःof the younger (brother)

तवof you / your

क्रातुःof Kratu (proper name)

भार्येO wife

सुरसुतोपमेO you comparable to a daughter of the gods

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kratu

Kratu's wife (addressed as bhārye)

sura-sutā (daughter of the gods, as a comparison)

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 frames ethical instruction as arising from ānṛśaṁsya—compassion and non-cruelty—and emphasizes that hearing wise counsel should lead to responsible action (kartum arhasi).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses the wife of the younger brother Kratu, praising her as ‘like a daughter of the gods,’ and introduces compassionate advice, urging her to listen and then do what is proper.