Shloka 35

Devanagari script

मातापित्रोर्गुरुषु च सम्यग्‌ वर्तन्ति ये सदा । यथा त्वं वृष्णिशार्दटूलेत्युक्त्वैवे विरराम सः,वृष्णिसिंह! जो आपकी ही भाँति माता-पिता और गुरुके प्रति पूर्णतः न्याययुक्त बर्ताव करते हैं वे भी संकटसे पार हो जाते हैं--ऐसा कहकर नारदजी चुप हो गये

Transliteration

mātāpitrorguruṣu ca samyag vartanti ye sadā | yathā tvaṃ vṛṣṇiśārdūlety uktvaiva virarāma saḥ ||

Translation

నారదుడు పలికెను—ఓ వృష్ణిశార్దూలా! ఎవరైతే ఎల్లప్పుడూ తల్లి-తండ్రుల పట్ల, గురువుల పట్ల సమ్యకంగా ప్రవర్తిస్తారో, వారు కూడా నీ వలెనే సంకటాలను దాటిపోతారు. ఇలా చెప్పి నారదుడు మౌనమయ్యెను.

Word by Word

माताmother

पित्रोःof (the) parents (father and mother)

गुरुषुtowards/in the gurus (teachers/elders)

चand

सम्यक्properly, rightly

वर्तन्तिthey behave/conduct themselves

येwho (those who)

सदाalways

यथाas, just as

त्वम्you

वृष्णिशार्दूलO tiger among the Vṛṣṇis

इतिthus

उक्त्वाhaving said

एवindeed, just

विररामhe ceased, stopped

सःhe

वृष्णिसिंहO lion among the Vṛṣṇis

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Vṛṣṇi (clan)

mother

father

guru (teacher/elder)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steady, righteous conduct toward one’s parents and one’s teachers is a central dharmic duty; such integrity becomes a means to overcome संकट (danger, distress) and pass safely through adversity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses a prominent Vṛṣṇi hero with an honorific epithet (“tiger among the Vṛṣṇis”), praises the model of proper conduct toward parents and gurus, states its protective power in crises, and then concludes his speech by falling silent.