Shloka 38

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 158 — Aṅgāraparṇa-saṃvāda and Gaṅgā-tīrtha Saṃghaṭṭa

Encounter at the Gaṅgā ford

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्तस्तया भर्ता तां समालिड्ग्य भारत । मुमोच बाष्पं शनकै: सभार्यों भृूशदु:खित:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--भारत! ब्राह्मणीके यों कहनेपर उसके पति ब्राह्मणदेवता अत्यन्त दुःखी हो उसे हृदयसे लगाकर उसके साथ ही धीरे-धीरे आँसू बहाने लगे

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca evam uktas tayā bhartā tāṃ samāliṅgya bhārata | mumoca bāṣpaṃ śanakaiḥ sa-bhāryo bhṛśa-duḥkhitaḥ ||

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า—โอ ภารตะ! เมื่อภรรยากล่าวดังนั้น สามีผู้ทุกข์ระทมยิ่งได้โอบกอดนางแนบแน่น; แล้วเขากับภรรยาก็ค่อย ๆ ปล่อยหยาดน้ำตาไหลลงมา

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaishampayana

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus

उक्तःhaving been spoken to / addressed

तयाby her

भर्ताthe husband

ताम्her

समालिङ्ग्यhaving embraced

भारतO Bharata

मुमोचreleased / shed

बाष्पम्tears

शनकैःslowly, gently

सभार्यःtogether with (his) wife

भृशदुःखितःdeeply afflicted / very sorrowful

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhārata

the brāhmaṇa husband (bhartā)

the wife (bhāryā)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights shared suffering and mutual support within marriage: when confronted with painful truth, the husband responds not with harshness but with embrace and quiet tears, suggesting compassion and solidarity as ethical strengths in household dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the wife speaks (in the preceding context), the husband—overcome with sorrow—embraces her and, along with her, slowly weeps, indicating a moment of intense emotional and moral crisis within the family.