Shloka 60

Devanagari script

युधिछ्िर उवाच माता गुरुतरा भूमे: खातू्‌ पितोच्चतरस्तथा । मन: शीघ्रतरं वाताच्चिन्ता बहुतरी तृणात्‌,युधिष्ठिर बोले--माताका गौरव पृथ्वीसे भी अधिक है। पिता आकाशसे भी ऊँचा है। मन वायुसे भी तेज चलनेवाला है और चिन्ता तिनकोंसे भी अधिक असंख्य एवं अनन्त है

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | mātā gurutarā bhūmeḥ khāt pitor uccataras tathā | manaḥ śīghrataraṃ vātāc cintā bahutarī tṛṇāt |

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “A mother is weightier—more venerable—than the earth itself. A father is higher than the sky. The mind moves swifter than the wind, and anxiety is more numerous and pervasive than blades of grass.”

Word by Word

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

उवाचsaid

माताmother

गुरुतराheavier / more weighty

भूमेःthan the earth

खात्than the sky

पिताfather

उच्चतरःhigher / taller

तथाlikewise / similarly

मनःmind

शीघ्रतरम्swifter

वातात्than the wind

चिन्ताworry / anxiety / thought

बहुतरीmore numerous / greater

तृणात्than a blade of grass / straw

Speaker

युधिछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

mother

father

earth (bhūmi)

sky (kha)

wind (vāta)

mind (manas)

anxiety (cintā)

grass/straw (tṛṇa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes