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Shloka 20

Yakṣa-saṃvāda: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Interrogation at the Guarded Water

श्वश्वृं शरीरसत्कारै: सर्वैराच्छादनादिभि: | श्वशुरं देवसत्कारैर्वाच: संयमनेन च,उसने शारीरिक सेवा तथा वस्त्राभूषण आदिके द्वारा सासको और वाणीके संयमपूर्वक देवोचित सत्कारद्वारा ससुरको संतुष्ट किया

śvaśrūṃ śarīra-satkāraiḥ sarvair ācchādanādibhiḥ | śvaśuraṃ deva-satkārair vācaḥ saṃyamanena ca ||

သူမသည် ကိုယ်တိုင်ပြုစုဝန်ဆောင်ခြင်းနှင့် လေးစားစွာ စောင့်ရှောက်ခြင်း အမျိုးမျိုး—အဖုံးအကာ၊ အဝတ်အစား စသည့်အရာများ ပံ့ပိုးခြင်းတို့ဖြင့် မိခင်မက်ကို စိတ်ကျေနပ်စေ하였다။ ထို့ပြင် စကားကို စည်းကမ်းတကျ ထိန်းသိမ်းကာ ဘုရားတစ်ပါးကို ဂုဏ်ပြုသကဲ့သို့ လေးမြတ်စွာ ဆက်ဆံခြင်းဖြင့် ဖခင်မက်ကိုလည်း စိတ်ကျေနပ်စေ하였다။

श्वश्वृम्mother-in-law
श्वश्वृम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootश्वश्रू
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
शरीरwith bodily (services)
शरीर:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशरीर
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
सत्कारैःby honors / respectful services
सत्कारैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसत्कार
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
सर्वैःby all
सर्वैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
आच्छादनby coverings / clothing
आच्छादन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootआच्छादन
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
आदिभिःand the like (etc.)
आदिभिः:
Karana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआदि
Formused in the sense of 'etc.' with instrumental plural ending in usage
श्वशुरम्father-in-law
श्वशुरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootश्वशुर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
देवby (treating as) gods / in a godlike manner
देव:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
सत्कारैःby honors / respectful reception
सत्कारैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसत्कार
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
वाचःof speech
वाचः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवाच्
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
संयमनेनby restraint / control
संयमनेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसंयमन
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

इुमत्सेन उवाच

Ś
śvaśrū (mother-in-law)
Ś
śvaśura (father-in-law)

Educational Q&A

Household dharma is fulfilled by honoring elders through tangible service and by disciplined speech; reverence is shown not only by gifts and care but also by self-restraint in words.

The speaker describes how one wins the goodwill of in-laws: the mother-in-law is pleased through attentive physical service and provisions like clothing, while the father-in-law is satisfied through deity-like respect expressed especially via controlled, respectful speech.