Shloka 32

द्रोणेन दुर्योधनस्य कवचबन्धनम् — Drona’s Mantra-Bound Armor for Duryodhana

Devanagari script

स चेन्ममार सृज्जय चतुर्भद्रतरस्त्वया । पुत्रात्‌ पुण्यतरस्तुभ्यं मा पुत्रमनुतप्यथा: । अयज्वानमदाक्षिण्य- म्ति श्वेत्येत्युदाहरत्‌,वैत्य संजय! चारों कल्याणकारी गुणोंमें वे तुमसे बहुत बढ़े-चढ़े थे और तुम्हारे पुत्रसे भी अधिक पुण्यात्मा थे। जब वे भी मर गये तब दूसरोंकी क्या गिनती है? अतः तुम यज्ञानुष्ठान और दान-दक्षिणासे रहित अपने पुत्रके लिये शोक न करो। ऐसा नारदजीने कहा

Transliteration

sa cen mamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadrataras tvayā | putrāt puṇyataras tubhyaṃ mā putram anutapyathāḥ | ayajvān amadākṣiṇyam iti śvetety udāharat | vaitī sañjaya |

Translation

Nārada berkata: “Wahai Sṛñjaya, bahkan mereka yang memiliki keunggulan empat macam kebajikan—lebih luhur darimu—dan lebih berpunya daripada putramu, tetap juga menemui maut. Jika orang-orang seperti itu pun binasa, apalagi yang lain. Maka janganlah engkau meratapi putramu yang tanpa pelaksanaan yajña dan tanpa dāna serta dakṣiṇā.”

Word by Word

सःhe

चेत्if

ममारdied

सृञ्जयO Sṛñjaya

चतुर्भद्रतरःmore auspicious in four ways / possessing fourfold greater auspiciousness

त्वयाthan you / by you

पुत्रात्than (your) son

पुण्यतरःmore virtuous/meritorious

तुभ्यम्to you / for you

माdo not

पुत्रम्son

अनुतप्यथाःgrieve / lament

अयज्वानम्one who does not sacrifice (non-sacrificer)

अदाक्षिण्यम्absence of gifts/fees (dakṣiṇā)

इतिthus

श्वेत्यhaving said / saying (textual variant; unclear)

इत्यthus (enclitic repetition in transmission)

उदाहरत्uttered / said

वैindeed

इतिthus

संजयO Sañjaya

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Sṛñjaya

Sañjaya

putra (son)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Nārada teaches detachment grounded in the universality of death: even the most auspicious and meritorious persons perish, so excessive grief is misplaced. He also frames ethical evaluation through Vedic norms—sacrifice and generosity (dakṣiṇā)—implying that lament should not override discernment about a person’s dharmic conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses Sṛñjaya to console him over the death of his son. He argues by comparison: if even superior, highly blessed men have died, then death is inevitable for all; therefore Sṛñjaya should not continue mourning, especially for a son described as lacking yajña and dakṣiṇā.