Shloka 30

धृतराष्ट्रस्य उपालम्भः तथा पाण्डव-समाश्वासनम् | Dhṛtarāṣṭra Reproved and the Pāṇḍavas Consoled

Devanagari script

तस्माद्‌ यत्‌ कृतमस्माभिर्मन्यमानै: शमं प्रति । अनुमन्यस्व तत्‌ सर्व मा च शोके मन: कृथा:,“अतः हमलोगोंने सर्वत्र शान्ति स्थापित करनेके उद्देश्यसे जो कुछ किया है, उन सब बातोंका आप भी अनुमोदन करें। मनको व्यर्थ शोकमें न डालें"

Transliteration

tasmād yat kṛtam asmābhir manyamānaiḥ śamaṃ prati | anumanyasva tat sarvaṃ mā ca śoke manaḥ kṛthāḥ ||

Translation

Therefore, whatever has been done by us—thinking always with the aim of restoring peace—please approve all of it. Do not let your mind be cast into futile grief.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that reason
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अस्माभिः: by us
• अस्माभिः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Plural

• मन्यमानैः: thinking/considering
• मन्यमानैः: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शमम्: peace/appeasement
• शमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards/with regard to
• प्रति: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• अनुमन्यस्व: approve/assent (you)
• अनुमन्यस्व: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-मन्
• Form: Loṭ (imperative), Ātmanepada, Second, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all/entirely
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा
• Form: Prohibitive particle (with imperative)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• शोके: in grief
• शोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृथाः: make/do (you)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Loṭ (imperative), Parasmaipada, Second, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One should support actions undertaken for reconciliation and peace (śama) and restrain the mind from unproductive sorrow; ethical response after catastrophe includes consent to pacification rather than continued lamentation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports a consoling instruction: the listener is urged to endorse the steps taken by the speakers to establish peace everywhere and to avoid sinking into grief, reflecting the post-war attempt to stabilize society and emotions.