Shloka 32
उद्योगपर्व अध्याय १३३ — संजये मातृउपदेशः
Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 133 — A Mother’s Counsel to Saṃjaya
हृष्य सौवीरकन्याभि: श्लाघस्वार्थर्यथा पुरा । मा च सैन्धवकन्यानामवसन्नो वशं गम:,तू सौवीरदेशकी कन्याओं (अपनी पत्नियों)-के साथ हर्षका अनुभव कर। पहलेकी भाँति अपने धनकी अधिकताके लिये गर्व कर। विपत्तिमें पड़कर सिन्धुदेशीय (शत्रुदेशकी) कन्याओंके वशमें न हो जा
hṛṣya sauvīraka-kanyābhiḥ ślāghasva arthaiḥ yathā purā | mā ca saindhava-kanyānām avasanno vaśaṃ gamaḥ ||
Bergembiralah bersama gadis-gadis Sauvīra—isteri-isterimu sendiri. Seperti dahulu, bermegahlah atas kemakmuran yang telah engkau peroleh. Namun jangan, apabila ditimpa malang, engkau jatuh menjadi tunduk kepada gadis-gadis Sindhu—wanita dari negeri musuh.
पुत्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Maintain dignity and self-mastery: enjoy rightful domestic happiness and prosperity, but do not let adversity drive you into humiliating dependence or morally/politically compromising subjection to hostile influences.
A son addresses someone (implicitly a ruler or noble) with counsel: remain content with one’s own wives from Sauvīra and one’s established prosperity, and avoid, in times of downfall, becoming subject to women of Sindhu—signaling a warning against disgrace and political vulnerability in crisis.