Shloka 30

Devanagari script

समुपाप्राय मूर्धानं संश्लिष्य च पुन: पुनः । युधिष्ठिरं च भीम॑ च माद्रीपुत्री च पाण्डवौ,फिर उन्होंने युधिष्ठचिर, भीम, अर्जुन तथा नकुल-सहदेवका बार-बार मस्तक सूँघा और सबको हृदयसे लगाया

Transliteration

samupāprāya mūrdhānaṃ saṃśliṣya ca punaḥ punaḥ | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ ca bhīmaṃ ca mādrīputrī ca pāṇḍavau ||

Translation

ಆಮೇಲೆ ಅವಳು ಸಮೀಪಕ್ಕೆ ಬಂದು ಅವರ ತಲೆಗಳನ್ನು ಪುನಃಪುನಃ ವಾಸನೆ ನೋಡಿ, ಮತ್ತೆ ಮತ್ತೆ ಹೃದಯಕ್ಕೆ ಅಪ್ಪಿಕೊಂಡಳು—ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರನನ್ನೂ ಭೀಮನನ್ನೂ, ಹಾಗೂ ಮಾದ್ರಿಯ ಇಬ್ಬರು ಪುತ್ರರಾದ ಪಾಂಡವರನ್ನೂ.

Word by Word

समुपाप्रायapproached/advanced towards

मूर्धानम्head

संश्लिष्यhaving embraced

चand

पुनःagain

युधिष्ठिरम्Yudhiṣṭhira

चand

भीमम्Bhīma

चand

माद्रीपुत्रीthe daughter of Mādrī

चand

पाण्डवौthe two Pāṇḍavas (Nakula and Sahadeva)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Bhīma

Nakula

Sahadeva

Mādrī

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?

The verse highlights dharmic kinship: after danger and separation, elders/kinsfolk reaffirm bonds through respectful, affectionate gestures. Such recognition and embrace symbolize protection, loyalty, and the moral duty to cherish one’s family and allies.

What is happening in the narrative?

A woman (contextually a close elder/relative figure in the episode) approaches the Pāṇḍavas and, in a tender act of reunion, repeatedly smells their heads and embraces them—specifically Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, and the twin sons of Mādrī (Nakula and Sahadeva).