Shloka 40

Śānti-parva Adhyāya 30: Nārada–Parvata Samaya-bhaṅga, Śāpa, and the Marriage of Sukumārī

Devanagari script

श्रीसमृद्धं तदा दृष्टवा नारदं देवरूपिणम्‌ | सुकुमारी प्रदुद्राव परपत्यभिशड्कया

Transliteration

śrīsamṛddhaṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā nāradaṃ devarūpiṇam | sukumārī pradudrāva parapathyabhiśaṅkayā |

Translation

เมื่อสนทนากันดังนี้ ฤๅษีทั้งสองก็ถอนคำสาปของกันและกันได้ ครั้นแล้วสุกุมารีเห็นนารทผู้รุ่งเรืองผ่องใสดุจเทพ จึงวิ่งหนีไปทันที ด้วยความระแวงว่าเขาอาจเป็นสามีของหญิงอื่น

Word by Word

• श्रीसमृद्धम्: endowed with prosperity/splendor
• श्रीसमृद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीसमृद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• नारदम्: Narada
• नारदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• देवरूपिणम्: having a divine form
• देवरूपिणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवरूपिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सुकुमारी: Sukumari (a woman named Sukumari)
• सुकुमारी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुकुमारी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रदुद्राव: ran forth/ran away
• प्रदुद्राव: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• परपत्यभिशङ्कया: out of fear/suspicion of (another's) husband
• परपत्यभिशङ्कया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परपत्यभिशङ्का
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Sukumārī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights sensitivity to dharma in matters of marital propriety: even the suspicion of an ethically improper situation (approaching another’s husband) can prompt avoidance, reflecting the social-ethical vigilance expected in conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada appears in a brilliant, godlike form. On seeing him, Sukumārī immediately runs away, fearing that association with him could be construed as involvement with another woman’s husband.