Shloka 11

Devanagari script

उत्तरां च महातेजा: शोक: संत्यज्यतामयम्‌ | भविष्यति महातेजा: पुत्रस्तव यशस्विनि,उसकी इस दशाको दिव्य दृष्टिसे जानकर महान्‌ तेजस्वी बुद्धिमान्‌ महर्षि व्यास वहाँ आये और विशाल नेत्रोंवाली कुन्ती तथा उत्तरासे मिलकर उन्हें समझाते हुए इस प्रकार बोले--'यशस्विनि उत्तरे! तुम यह शोक त्याग दो। तुम्हारा पुत्र महातेजस्वी होगा

Transliteration

uttarāṃ ca mahātejāḥ śokaḥ saṃtyajyatām ayam | bhaviṣyati mahātejāḥ putras tava yaśasvini ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Wahai Uttarā yang termasyhur, buanglah dukacita ini. Puteramu akan dikurniai keagungan yang besar.”

Word by Word

उत्तराम्Uttarā (as object of address/statement)

चand

महातेजाःthe very radiant one

शोकःgrief

सन्त्यज्यताम्let (it) be abandoned / should be given up

अयम्this

भविष्यतिwill be

महातेजाःvery radiant

पुत्रःson

तवyour

यशस्विनिO illustrious one

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

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?

Grief should not overwhelm one’s duty and clarity; in a dharmic crisis, elders counsel steadiness and trust in rightful outcomes—here, the assurance of a worthy heir restores moral and social order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Uttarā is being consoled and instructed to abandon sorrow, with a promise that she will have a son of great splendor—an assurance that the threatened continuation of the Kuru line will be restored.