Shloka 46

Devanagari script

क्लिष्टाया वर्षपूगांश्न मातुर्मातृहिते स्थित: । प्रमार्जाश्रु रणे जित्वा सम्मानं परमावह,“तुम्हारी माता वर्षोंसे कष्ट भोग रही है; अतः माताके हितमें तत्पर हो उसके आँसू पोंछो और युद्धमें विजय प्राप्त करके परम सम्मानके भागी बनो

Transliteration

kliṣṭāyā varṣa-pūgān mātur mātṛ-hite sthitaḥ | pramārjāśru raṇe jitvā sammānaṃ paramāvaha ||

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು— ನಿನ್ನ ತಾಯಿ ಅನೇಕ ವರ್ಷಗಳಿಂದ ಕಷ್ಟ ಅನುಭವಿಸಿದ್ದಾಳೆ; ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಮಾತೃಹಿತದಲ್ಲಿ ದೃಢವಾಗಿ ನಿಂತು, ಅವಳ ಕಣ್ಣೀರು ಒರೆ; ಯುದ್ಧದಲ್ಲಿ ಜಯಿಸಿ ಪರಮ ಗೌರವವನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯು।

Word by Word

क्लिष्टायाःof the afflicted (one)

वर्षपूगान्many years (lit. heaps of years)

मातुःof (your) mother

मातृहितेin the mother's welfare / for the mother's good

स्थितःstanding; devoted; intent

प्रमार्जwipe away

अश्रुtear(s)

रणेin battle

जित्वाhaving conquered; after winning

सम्मानम्honour; respect

परम्supreme; highest

आवहbring; obtain

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

mother (unnamed)

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?

One should act with steadfast concern for a parent’s welfare, combining compassion (wiping away tears) with duty appropriate to one’s role (seeking victory and honor in battle).

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports an exhortation addressed to a warrior: remembering the mother’s long suffering, the addressee is urged to act for her benefit—console her and secure victory, thereby restoring dignity and honor.