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Shloka 6

खाण्डवदाहोत्तर-वरप्रदानम्

Boons after the Khāṇḍava Burning

समालिज्जडय सुतानन्ये पितृन्‌ भ्रातृनथापरे । त्यक्त न शेकुः स्नेहेन तत्रेव निधनं गता:,कोई अपने पुत्रोंकोी छातीसे चिपकाये हुए थे, कुछ प्राणी अपने पिता और भाइयोंसे सटे हुए थे। वे स्नेहवश एक-दूसरेको छोड़ न सके और वहीं कालके गालमें समा गये

samāliṅgya sutān anye pitṝn bhrātṝn athāpare | tyaktuṁ na śekuḥ snehena tatraiva nidhanaṁ gatāḥ ||

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า—บางพวกกอดบุตรไว้แนบอก บางพวกเกาะเกี่ยวบิดาและพี่น้อง ด้วยความรักผูกพันอันแรงกล้า พวกเขาไม่อาจพรากจากกันได้ จึงสิ้นชีวิตลง ณ ที่นั้นเอง

समालिङ्ग्यhaving embraced
समालिङ्ग्य:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-लिङ्ग्
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)
सुतान्sons
सुतान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसुत
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
अन्येothers
अन्ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पितॄन्fathers
पितॄन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
भ्रातॄन्brothers
भ्रातॄन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रातृ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
अथand/then
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
अपरेothers (another set)
अपरे:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअपर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
त्यक्तुम्to abandon/leave
त्यक्तुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootत्यज्
Formतुमुन् (infinitive)
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
शेकुःwere able
शेकुः:
TypeVerb
Rootशक्
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
स्नेहेनout of affection / by attachment
स्नेहेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootस्नेह
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
निधनम्death
निधनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिधन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
गताःwent / reached (i.e., met)
गताः:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
Formक्त (past passive participle), used predicatively, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
S
sons
F
fathers
B
brothers

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the peril of unchecked sneha (attachment): love and kinship are natural, but when they override discernment in a moment of crisis, they can become a cause of destruction. Ethically, it points to the need for steadiness and wise action even amid intense familial emotion.

In a scene of calamity, people cling to their closest relatives—sons, fathers, brothers—and, unable to separate because of affection, they perish on the spot. The narration emphasizes the tragic intensity of the moment and the fatal consequence of not letting go.