Shloka 466

Devanagari script

तेनारम्भेण महता मामुपास्ते महामुने । “आपके पुत्र

Transliteration

tenārambheṇa mahatā māmupāste mahāmune |

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: «О великий мудрец, благодаря тому великому начинанию он и ныне чтит меня и служит мне. “Эти славные цари — мои сыновья — что никогда не обращали спины в битве и были высочайшей мудрости: здесь сидят их сто жён, ибо их сто сыновей пали на поле брани. Эти мои невестки, терпя удары скорби и печали, вновь и вновь усиливают и мой плач, и плач царя. О великий мудрец, все они, рыдая под могучим напором стенаний, сидят, окружив меня одного.”»

Word by Word

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• आरम्भेण: by the undertaking/effort
• आरम्भेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरम्भ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• महता: great
• महता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• उपास्ते: attends upon/serves
• उपास्ते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• महामुने: O great sage
• महामुने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामुनि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mahāmune (the sage addressed, traditionally Janamejaya’s interlocutor contextually)
• the king (Maharāja; contextually Dhṛtarāṣṭra in Āśramavāsika narrative)
• the hundred sons slain in battle (Kauravas)
• the hundred wives of the slain (Kaurava women/daughters-in-law)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage highlights the ethical weight of war’s aftermath: even ‘valorous’ and ‘wise’ warriors leave behind a community of suffering. It underscores compassion and responsibility toward those who bear the consequences—especially widows and elders—showing that dharma includes care for the grieving, not only heroism in battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports a scene in which the bereaved women—wives of the slain sons—sit around the elder (the speaker’s ‘me’ in the quoted speech), crying intensely. Their mourning repeatedly deepens the sorrow of both the elder and the king, emphasizing the continuing trauma after the Kurukṣetra war.