Shloka 36

Devanagari script

अयं ते पुण्डरीकाक्ष दुःशासनकरोद्धुत: । स्मर्तव्य: सर्वकार्येषु परेषां संधिमिच्छता

Transliteration

ayaṃ te puṇḍarīkākṣa duḥśāsanakaroddhutaḥ | smartavyaḥ sarvakāryeṣu pareṣāṃ sandhim icchatā ||

Translation

“હે પુણ્ડરીકાક્ષ! આ દુઃશાસને પોતાના હાથોથી કરેલો તમારો અપમાન છે. જે શત્રુઓ સાથે સંધિ ઇચ્છે, તેણે દરેક કાર્યમાં આ સ્મરણમાં રાખવું જોઈએ.”

Word by Word

अयम्this (one/thing)

तेto you / for you

पुण्डरीकाक्षO lotus-eyed one

दुःशासन-कर-उद्धुतःtorn/pulled off by Duḥśāsana's hand

स्मर्तव्यःto be remembered / should be remembered

सर्व-कार्येषुin all actions/undertakings

परेषाम्of others / with others

सन्धिम्peace / treaty

इच्छताby (one) desiring / wishing

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Puṇḍarīkākṣa

Duḥśāsana

sandhi (reconciliation/treaty)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when pursuing peace with adversaries, one should not erase or ignore grave wrongdoing; ethical diplomacy requires clear memory of injustice so that reconciliation does not become complicity or forgetfulness.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s lead-up to war and negotiations, the speaker points to Duḥśāsana’s past offense against the addressed ‘lotus-eyed’ figure, urging that this outrage be remembered while considering any treaty with the opposing side.