Shloka 32

स्त्रीपर्व — अध्याय १५: गान्धारी-युधिष्ठिर-संवादः

Gandhārī’s Confrontation and Consolation of Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

तया ते समनुज्ञाता मातरं वीरमातरम्‌

Transliteration

tayā te samanujñātā mātaraṃ vīramātaram

Translation

彼女の許しによって、彼らはしかるべく母—英雄の母—に近づくことを許された。これは、悲嘆と戦後のただ中にあっても、ある権威の許可から次の権威へと、ダルマにかなう敬意ある移行がなされることを示している。

Word by Word

• तया: by her
• तया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• ते: you (all)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• समनुज्ञाता: permitted/allowed (having been permitted)
• समनुज्ञाता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अनु + √ज्ञा (कृदन्त: क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• मातरम्: mother
• मातरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वीरमातरम्: the mother of the hero
• वीरमातरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर + मातृ
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• mātā (mother)
• vīramātā (hero’s mother)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid the devastation of war, proper conduct is maintained through seeking and granting permission, honoring elders, and approaching those in grief with due respect—an expression of dharma in social relations.

What is happening in the narrative?

A group is given formal leave by a woman (contextually, a senior or authoritative figure), and with that permission they proceed to the mother described as a ‘hero’s mother,’ indicating a respectful visit or approach in the mourning setting of the Strī Parva.