Shloka 19
युद्धसंग्रहः
Kurukṣetra Campaign in Summary
स तानभ्यर्च्य मेधावी पृष्टवा च कुशलं तदा । अभ्यवादयत प्रीत:ः पितरं मातरं तदा,मेधावी श्रीकृष्णने उन सबका आदर करके उनका कुशल-समाचार पूछा और प्रसन्नतापूर्वक अपने माता-पिताके चरणोंमें प्रणाम किया
sa tān abhyarcya medhāvī pṛṣṭvā ca kuśalaṃ tadā | abhyavādayat prītaḥ pitaraṃ mātaraṃ tadā ||
Alors le sage, après les avoir honorés avec respect, s’enquit de leur bien-être. Le cœur réjoui, il s’inclina avec révérence devant son père et sa mère—un geste qui souligne l’idéal éthique de gratitude, d’humilité et de devoir filial, même au milieu des affaires royales et guerrières.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharmic conduct through courteous inquiry and reverence: honoring elders, asking after their welfare, and bowing to one’s parents. It presents humility and gratitude as enduring ethical duties, not diminished by status, power, or public responsibilities.
The subject of the passage respectfully honors those present, asks about their well-being, and then, with a pleased heart, offers salutations to his father and mother—marking a moment of proper social and familial etiquette within the larger events of the Aśvamedhika narrative.