Shloka 53
The Lakṣmī–Nārāyaṇa Vow Narrative
Puṣya Thursday Observance and the Ethics of Fortune
श्यामाबालोवाच । वृद्धे व्यथेदृशी केन दत्ता तुभ्यं वदस्व मे । तस्या वचनमाकर्ण्य शोकगद्गदया गिरा
śyāmābālovāca | vṛddhe vyathedṛśī kena dattā tubhyaṃ vadasva me | tasyā vacanamākarṇya śokagadgadayā girā
ஷ்யாமாபாலா கூறினாள்—“ஓ மூத்த மாதாவே! உமக்கு இத்தகைய துயரை யார் அளித்தார்? எனக்குச் சொல்லுங்கள்.” அவள் சொற்களை கேட்டதும், அவள் துக்கத்தால் தடைபட்ட குரலில் பதிலளித்தாள்.
Śyāmābāla
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: श्यामाबालोवाच = श्यामाबाला + उवाच; व्यथेदृशी = व्यथा + ईदृशी; वचनमाकर्ण्य = वचनम् + आकर्ण्य; शोकगद्गदया = शोक + गद्गदया (समास/सम्बन्ध).
FAQs
Śyāmābāla compassionately asks an elderly woman who has caused her suffering, and the verse notes that the woman answers in a grief-choked voice.
It describes speech made unsteady or choking due to sorrow—an emotional, trembling voice shaped by grief.
The verse models empathetic engagement: noticing another’s distress, asking respectfully, and giving space for a sorrowful person to speak.