Shloka 30

Devanagari script

समाश्वसिहि भद्रे त्वं मा शुच: शुभदर्शने

Transliteration

samāśvasihi bhadre tvaṃ mā śucaḥ śubhadarśane

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「気を強く持ちなさい、気高き御方よ。嘆くことはない、吉相の面差しを持つ者よ。」

Word by Word

• समाश्वसिहि: be comforted; take heart; calm yourself
• समाश्वसिहि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-श्वस् (धातु: श्वस्)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यम, एकवचनम्

• भद्रे: O auspicious lady / O good one
• भद्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, सम्बोधन, एकवचनम्

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• शुचः: grieve; sorrow
• शुचः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच् (धातु: शुच्)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यम, एकवचनम्

• शुभदर्शने: O fair-looking one / O of auspicious appearance
• शुभदर्शने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, सम्बोधन, एकवचनम्

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models dharmic counsel in moments of sorrow: one should steady the mind, accept what has occurred, and move from grief toward composure and right action. Compassionate speech is presented as an ethical duty when addressing the afflicted.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, reports a consoling address to a woman in distress, urging her to be reassured and to stop grieving. The line functions as a brief, direct reassurance within the larger Anuśāsana discourse.