Shloka 36

Devanagari script

स्‍्नुषाभि: प्रस्नुषाभिश् वृद्धो राजा पिता मम

Transliteration

snuṣābhiḥ prasnuṣābhiś ca vṛddho rājā pitā mama

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: “Ayahandaku yang lanjut usia, sang raja, dikelilingi oleh menantu-menantu perempuan dan menantu perempuan kepada cucu-cucunya.”

Word by Word

स्नुषाभिःby/with daughters-in-law

प्रस्नुषाभिःby/with granddaughters-in-law (wives of grandsons)

वृद्धःaged, old

राजाking

पिताfather

ममof me, my

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'my father, the king')

daughters-in-law

granddaughters-in-law

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 a war narrative, the text draws attention to the household and the aged ruler, implying that political and martial choices reverberate through families; the vulnerable—especially elders—bear emotional and social burdens that warfare creates.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the situation of his aged father, the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra), noting that he is in the company of the women of the family—daughters-in-law and granddaughters-in-law—setting a scene of domestic concern and dependence in contrast to the battlefield events.