Shloka 4

Devanagari script

वत्से शोको न ते कार्य: प्राप्येदं व्यसनं महत्‌ । स्त्रीधर्माणामभिज्ञासि शीलाचारवती तथा

Transliteration

vatse śoko na te kāryaḥ prāpya idaṃ vyasanaṃ mahat | strīdharmāṇām abhijñāsi śīlācāravatī tathā ||

Translation

«កូនស្រីអើយ! ទោះបានជួបមហាវិបត្តិនេះក៏ដោយ អ្នកមិនគួរចុះចាញ់ទុក្ខសោកឡើយ។ អ្នកស្គាល់ធម៌របស់ស្ត្រី ហើយជាអ្នករក្សាសីលធម៌ និងសុចរិតប្រព្រឹត្តផងដែរ»។

Word by Word

• वत्से: O daughter/dear girl
• वत्से: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्सा
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• शोकः: grief
• शोकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• कार्यः: to be done; (here) to be made/indulged in
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्राप्य: having obtained/after encountering
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here), —

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• व्यसनम्: calamity/misfortune
• व्यसनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यसन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महत्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स्त्रीधर्माणाम्: of the duties of women
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्रीधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अभिज्ञा: knowing, well-acquainted
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिज्ञा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• असि: you are
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present Indicative (Lat), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शीलाचारवती: possessed of good character and good conduct
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शीलाचारवत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

वैशमग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse counsels restraint in sorrow during crisis, grounding emotional steadiness in dharma: one who knows proper duties and maintains good conduct should not be overwhelmed by misfortune.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana addresses a young woman as “daughter,” consoling her after a major calamity and affirming her knowledge of strīdharma and her established good character, urging her not to succumb to grief.