Shloka 15

उद्योगपर्व अध्याय १३३ — संजये मातृउपदेशः

Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 133 — A Mother’s Counsel to Saṃjaya

Devanagari script

महाहमाल्याभरणां सुमृष्टाम्बरवाससम्‌ | पुरा हृष्ट: सुहृद्र्गो मामपश्यत्‌ सुहृदूगताम्‌

Transliteration

mahāhārābharaṇāṃ sumṛṣṭāmbaravāsasam | purā hṛṣṭaḥ suhṛdṛggo mām apaśyat suhṛdāgatām ||

Translation

ପୂର୍ବକାଳରେ ଯେତେବେଳେ ମୋର ହିତେଷୀ ସୁହୃଦମାନେ ମୋତେ ନିଜ ସ୍ୱଜନମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ମୂଲ୍ୟବାନ ମାଳା-ହାର ଓ ଆଭୂଷଣରେ ଭୂଷିତ, ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ସୁନ୍ଦର ଓ ନିର୍ମଳ ବସ୍ତ୍ରରେ ଆବୃତ ହୋଇ ଆସୁଥିବା ଦେଖିଲେ, ସେମାନେ ମହା ହର୍ଷରେ ପ୍ରଫୁଲ୍ଲିତ ହେଲେ।

Word by Word

• महाहमाल्याभरणाम्: adorned with great garlands and ornaments
• महाहमाल्याभरणाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाहमाल्याभरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सुमृष्टाम्बरवाससम्: clad in well-cleaned garments and clothing
• सुमृष्टाम्बरवाससम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमृष्टाम्बरवासस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पुरा: formerly, earlier
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• हृष्टः: delighted
• हृष्टः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुहृद्: a friend, well-wisher
• सुहृद्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गो: bull; (as an epithet) best among
• गो: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Common, Accusative, Singular

• अपश्यत्: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सुहृद्: by (his) friends / with friends
• सुहृद्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• उगताम्: come/arrived (to them)
• उगताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उगता (प्रातिपदिक; from √गम् with ud-)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

पुत्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• speaker: putra (son)
• suhṛt (friends/well-wishers)
• bandhu/jñāti (kinsmen/relatives; implied by context)
• hāra (necklace/garland)
• ābharaṇa (ornaments/jewelry)
• ambara/vāsas (garments)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how social harmony and affection often express themselves through honoring one another; it also implicitly warns that such joy can be fragile when relationships deteriorate. Ethically, it points to the value of maintaining goodwill (suhṛt-bhāva) and respect within one’s kinship network.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker (identified only as ‘the son’) recalls an earlier occasion when friends and well-wishers were delighted to see him arrive among relatives, richly adorned and well dressed—an evocative memory that sets up a contrast with the present tensions of the Udyoga Parva context.