Shloka 28

Devanagari script

सा त्वं दर्प परित्यज्य दम्भं मानं च भाविनि । आराध्य वरदं विप्र॑ श्रेयसा योक्ष्यसे पृथे,“सुन्दर भाववाली पृथे! तुम दर्प, दम्भ और मानको त्यागकर यदि इन वरदायक ब्राह्मणकी आराधना करोगी तो परम कल्याणकी भागिनी होओगी

Transliteration

sā tvaṁ darpa-parityajya dambhaṁ mānaṁ ca bhāvini | ārādhya varadaṁ vipraṁ śreyasā yokṣyase pṛthe ||

Translation

సద్భావసంపన్నమైన పృథా! దర్పం, దంభం, మానాన్ని విడిచి ఈ వరప్రదాత బ్రాహ్మణుని ఆరాధించి సేవిస్తే, నీవు పరమ శ్రేయస్సుతో యుక్తమవుతావు.

Word by Word

साshe/that (you, feminine)

त्वम्you

दर्पम्pride, arrogance

परित्यज्यhaving abandoned

दम्भम्hypocrisy, ostentation

मानम्self-conceit, honor/pride

चand

भाविनिO noble-minded one / O good-natured lady

आराध्यhaving worshipped/propitiated

वरदम्boon-giving

विप्रम्brahmin, sage

श्रेयसाwith welfare/with the highest good

योक्ष्यसेyou will be joined/attain (be endowed)

पृथेO Prthā (Kuntī)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pṛthā (Kuntī)

varada vipra (boon-giving brāhmaṇa)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that inner purification—abandoning arrogance (darpa), hypocrisy (dambha), and conceit (māna)—is essential for attaining śreyas (the highest good). Reverent service to a worthy brāhmaṇa is presented as a dharmic means to spiritual welfare.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses Pṛthā (Kuntī), advising her to renounce prideful traits and to propitiate a boon-giving brāhmaṇa. The statement frames her future well-being as dependent on humility and proper reverence toward a spiritually potent figure.