Shloka 14
Yama-vilāpana
The Lamentation Concerning Yama
मातृहा प्रोच्यते सद्भिर्वृथा तस्यैव जीवितम् । एका हि वीरसूरेव विरंचे नात्र संशयः ॥ १४ ॥
mātṛhā procyate sadbhirvṛthā tasyaiva jīvitam | ekā hi vīrasūreva viraṃce nātra saṃśayaḥ || 14 ||
സദ്ജനങ്ങൾ അവനെ ‘മാതൃഹാ’ എന്നു വിളിക്കുന്നു; അവന്റെ ജീവിതം തീർച്ചയായും വ്യർത്ഥം. ഹേ വിരഞ്ചാ! വീരനെ പ്രസവിക്കുന്ന മാതാവ് ഒരുത്തിയേ—ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല.
Narada (instructional voice within Uttara-Bhaga discourse)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
It equates grave impiety toward one’s mother with a life that becomes spiritually fruitless, stressing that dharma begins with reverence and service to the mother as a foundational duty.
Bhakti is grounded in purity of conduct; honoring the mother is presented as an essential ethical base without which religious acts and devotion fail to mature into true merit and inner transformation.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyakarana or Jyotisha) is taught directly; the verse emphasizes applied dharma—right conduct (ācāra) as the practical prerequisite for any ritual or spiritual practice to bear fruit.