Shloka 34

Sāvitrī’s Report and Nārada’s Prognosis (सावित्र्याख्यान—सत्यवान्-गुणवर्णनं तथा अल्पायुषः पूर्वसूचना)

Devanagari script

अयश: पातसयित्वा मे मूर्थ्नि त्वं कुलपांसने । सकामा भव मे मातरित्युक्त्वा प्रसुरोद ह,भरत बड़े धर्मात्मा थे। वे माताकी बात सुनकर उससे बोले--“कुलकलंकिनी जननी! तूने धनके लोभमें पड़कर यह कितनी बड़ी क्रूरताका काम किया है? पतिकी हत्या की और इस कुलका विनाश कर डाला। "मेरे मस्तकपर कलंकका टीका लगाकर तू अपना मनोरथ पूर्ण कर ले।' ऐसा कहकर भरत फूट-फ़ूटकर रोने लगे

Transliteration

Mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: Ayaśaḥ pātasayitvā me mūrdhni tvaṁ kulapāṁsane | sakāmā bhava me mātarity uktvā prasuroda ha ||

Translation

マールカンデーヤは語った。「おお、一族を汚す母よ。あなたはすでに我が頭上に不名誉の印を押した。ならば母よ、望みを満たすがよい。」そう言って、バラタは声をあげて泣いた。

Word by Word

अयशःdishonour, infamy

पातसयित्वाhaving caused to fall / having cast (upon)

मेof me / my

मूर्ध्निon (my) head

त्वम्you

कुलपांसनेO defiler of the family

सकामाwith desire fulfilled; having obtained (your) wish

भवbe (become)

मेof me / my

मातरिO mother

इतिthus

उक्त्वाhaving said

प्रसुरोदwept, cried

हindeed (particle)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

म

मार्कण्डेय (Mārkaṇḍeya)

भ

भरत (Bharata)

म

माता/जननी (mother)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Adharma driven by greed brings collective ruin and lasting dishonor; the righteous response foregrounds moral clarity and grief over vengeance, acknowledging the weight of family-ethics (kula-dharma) and the tragic consequences of betrayal.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration, Bharata addresses his mother as one who has defiled the lineage and says she may be ‘satisfied’ by placing disgrace upon his head; immediately after speaking, he breaks down and weeps, expressing the moral shock and sorrow caused by her wrongdoing.