Shloka 32

उद्योगपर्व अध्याय १३३ — संजये मातृउपदेशः

Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 133 — A Mother’s Counsel to Saṃjaya

Devanagari script

हृष्य सौवीरकन्याभि: श्लाघस्वार्थर्यथा पुरा । मा च सैन्धवकन्यानामवसन्नो वशं गम:,तू सौवीरदेशकी कन्याओं (अपनी पत्नियों)-के साथ हर्षका अनुभव कर। पहलेकी भाँति अपने धनकी अधिकताके लिये गर्व कर। विपत्तिमें पड़कर सिन्धुदेशीय (शत्रुदेशकी) कन्याओंके वशमें न हो जा

Transliteration

hṛṣya sauvīraka-kanyābhiḥ ślāghasva arthaiḥ yathā purā | mā ca saindhava-kanyānām avasanno vaśaṃ gamaḥ ||

Translation

ಸೌವೀರದ ಕನ್ಯೆಯರೊಂದಿಗೆ—ನಿನ್ನ ಪತ್ನಿಯರೊಂದಿಗೆ—ಹರ್ಷಿಸು. ಹಿಂದಿನಂತೆ ನೀನು ಗಳಿಸಿದ ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯವನ್ನು ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಪಡು. ಆದರೆ ವಿಪತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿದ್ದು ಸೈಂಧವ ಕನ್ಯೆಯರ (ಶತ್ರುದೇಶದ ಸ್ತ್ರೀಯರ) ವಶಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗಬೇಡ.

Word by Word

हृष्यrejoice

सौवीरकन्याभिःwith the Sauviran maidens/women

श्लाघस्वtake pride (in yourself)

अर्थwealth, riches

यथाas, just as

पुराformerly, before

माdo not

चand

सैन्धवकन्यानाम्of the Sindhu/Saindhava maidens/women

अवसन्नःfallen into distress, sunk down

वशम्control, subjection

गमःgo (into), become subject to

Speaker

पुत्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sauvīra

Sindhu (Saindhava country)

Sauvīra maidens (wives)

Saindhava maidens

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Maintain dignity and self-mastery: enjoy rightful domestic happiness and prosperity, but do not let adversity drive you into humiliating dependence or morally/politically compromising subjection to hostile influences.

What is happening in the narrative?

A son addresses someone (implicitly a ruler or noble) with counsel: remain content with one’s own wives from Sauvīra and one’s established prosperity, and avoid, in times of downfall, becoming subject to women of Sindhu—signaling a warning against disgrace and political vulnerability in crisis.