Shloka 32
स्त्रीपर्व — अध्याय १५: गान्धारी-युधिष्ठिर-संवादः
Gandhārī’s Confrontation and Consolation of Yudhiṣṭhira
Devanagari script
तया ते समनुज्ञाता मातरं वीरमातरम्
Transliteration
tayā te samanujñātā mātaraṃ vīramātaram
Translation
तया ते समनुज्ञाता मातरं वीरमातरम्।
Word by Word
तयाby her
तया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन
तेyou (all)
ते:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
समनुज्ञाताpermitted/allowed (having been permitted)
समनुज्ञाता:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + अनु + √ज्ञा (कृदन्त: क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
मातरम्mother
मातरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
वीरमातरम्the mother of the hero
वीरमातरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवीर + मातृ
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
M
mātā (mother)V
vīramātā (hero’s mother)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
Even amid the devastation of war, proper conduct is maintained through seeking and granting permission, honoring elders, and approaching those in grief with due respect—an expression of dharma in social relations.
A group is given formal leave by a woman (contextually, a senior or authoritative figure), and with that permission they proceed to the mother described as a ‘hero’s mother,’ indicating a respectful visit or approach in the mourning setting of the Strī Parva.