Shloka 37

Pāṇḍu’s Marriages, Conquests, and Triumphal Return (पाण्डोर्विवाह-विजय-प्रत्यागमनम्)

Devanagari script

आनृशंस्याच्च यद्‌ ब्रूयां तच्छुत्वा कर्तुमहसि । यवीयसस्तव क्रातुर्भार्ये सुरसुतोपमे

Transliteration

ānṛśaṁsyāc ca yad brūyāṁ tac chrutvā kartum arhasi | yavīyasaḥ tava kratur bhārye surasutopame ||

Translation

கருணையால் நான் சொல்லப்போகிறதை நீ கேட்டபின் செய்யவேண்டும். உன் இளைய சகோதரன் க்ரதுவின் மனைவியே, தேவர்மகளுக்கு ஒப்பானவளே! கேட்டு அதன்படி நட.

Word by Word

• आनृशंस्यात्: from compassion / out of kindness
• आनृशंस्यात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनृशंस्य
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यत्: what (that which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रूयाम्: I should say / I would say
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Optative, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• कर्तुम्: to do
• कर्तुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

• अर्हसि: you ought / you are fit
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यवीयसः: of the younger (brother)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यवीयस्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तव: of you / your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• क्रातुः: of Kratu (proper name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रातु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भार्ये: O wife
• भार्ये: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• सुरसुतोपमे: O you comparable to a daughter of the gods
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुरसुतोपमा
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kratu
• Kratu's wife (addressed as bhārye)
• sura-sutā (daughter of the gods, as a comparison)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames ethical instruction as arising from ānṛśaṁsya—compassion and non-cruelty—and emphasizes that hearing wise counsel should lead to responsible action (kartum arhasi).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses the wife of the younger brother Kratu, praising her as ‘like a daughter of the gods,’ and introduces compassionate advice, urging her to listen and then do what is proper.