Shloka 35

Devanagari script

प्रतिगृह्म च तां पार्थ: पुरस्कृत्य जनार्दनम्‌ | विवाहं कारयामास सौभद्रस्य महात्मन: ।। ३५ इस प्रकार पार्थने उत्तराको ग्रहण करके भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णके सामने महामना अभिमन्यु और उत्तराका विवाह-संस्कार सम्पन्न कराया

Transliteration

pratigṛhya ca tāṃ pārthaḥ puraskṛtya janārdanam | vivāhaṃ kārayāmāsa saubhadrasya mahātmanaḥ || 35 ||

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ പാർഥൻ അർജുനൻ ഉത്തരയെ സ്വീകരിച്ച്, ജനാർദനൻ ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണനെ ആദരസ്ഥാനത്ത് മുൻനിർത്തി, മഹാത്മാവായ സൗഭദ്രൻ (അഭിമന്യു)യുടെ വിവാഹസംസ്കാരം നടത്തിച്ചു।

Word by Word

प्रतिगृह्यhaving accepted/taken (in marriage)

चand

ताम्her

पार्थःPārtha (Arjuna)

पुरस्कृत्यhaving placed in front / having made foremost

जनार्दनम्Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)

विवाहम्marriage (ceremony)

कारयामासcaused to be performed / had performed

सौभद्रस्यof Saubhadra (Abhimanyu, son of Subhadrā)

महात्मनःof the great-souled

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pārtha (Arjuna)

Janārdana (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)

Saubhadra (Abhimanyu)

Uttarā

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?

Even amid political upheaval, dharma is upheld through proper social rites: marriage is conducted as a sanctioned saṃskāra, with due acceptance of responsibility and public honoring of rightful elders/guardians and benefactors (here, Kṛṣṇa).

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna formally accepts Uttarā (as the bride to be given in marriage) and, honoring Kṛṣṇa as foremost, arranges and has performed the wedding ceremony of Abhimanyu (Saubhadra) and Uttarā.