Shloka 34
Kuvalāśva’s Lineage and Uttaṅka’s Petition concerning Dhundhu (धुन्धु-प्रसङ्गः)
अथीनां राजे पितादादब्रवीच्चैनामेनं राजानं शुश्रूषस्वेति,ै है ॥ है ५ । 9 /“३| पर ५ | कट शक बः #म ०. किन ७-८ »* *_ | पक” आर. जे क््बुटूप््> पप - २ ुत--+काज पा आल व रा ७” ५७ ८७,५२० ञ ययातिसे ब्राह्णकी याचना “तब पिता मण्डूकराजने अपनी पुत्री सुशोभना महाराज परीक्षितको समर्पित कर दी और उससे कहा--'बेटी! सदा राजाकी सेवा करती रहना।' ऐसा कहकर मण्डूकराजने जब अपनी पुत्रीके अपराधको याद किया, तब उसे क्रोध हो आया और उसने उसे शाप देते हुए कहा--“अरी! तूने बहुत-से राजाओंको धोखा दिया है, इसलिये तेरी संतानें ब्राह्मणविरोधी होंगी; क्योंकि तू बड़ी झूठी है”
atha enāṃ rājñe pitā dattābravīc cainām—enaṃ rājānaṃ śuśrūṣasveti ha
Vaiśampāyana said: Then her father gave her to the king and instructed her, saying, “Serve this king with devoted attendance.” The passage frames a father’s injunction as a dharmic duty of loyal service within marriage and royal household order, setting up the later moral consequence when past wrongdoing is recalled and censured.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a dharmic injunction of loyal, respectful service within marriage—especially in a royal context—presenting śuśrūṣā (attentive service) as a normative duty that sustains household and social order.
The narrator states that the father gives his daughter to the king and explicitly tells her to serve him; this functions as a setup for subsequent events where her past conduct becomes morally evaluated.