Shloka 41

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

Devanagari script

तां पर्वतस्ततो दृष्ट्वा प्रद्रवन्तीमनिन्दिताम्‌ । अब्रवीत्‌ तव भर्तैष नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

tāṃ parvatastato dṛṣṭvā pradravantīmaninditām | abravīt tava bhartaiṣa nātra kāryā vicāraṇā ||

Translation

เมื่อเห็นราชธิดาผู้ไร้มลทินและทรงพรหมจรรย์วิ่งมา ปรวตะจึงกล่าวว่า “แม่เจ้า นี่แหละคือสามีของเจ้า อย่าได้ลังเลสงสัยอีกเลย”

Word by Word

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पर्वतः: Parvata (the sage)
• पर्वतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

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

• प्रद्रवन्तीम्: running forth/away
• प्रद्रवन्तीम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + द्रु
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अनिन्दिताम्: blameless (lady)
• अनिन्दिताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिन्दित
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), Past, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• भर्ता: husband
• भर्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• कार्या: need/necessity (to be done)
• कार्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• विचारणा: deliberation/doubtful consideration
• विचारणा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचारणा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīkṛṣṇa (speaker)
• Parvata
• rājakanayā (princess)
• bhartā (husband)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When the truth is clear and dharma requires a decisive response, one should not prolong doubt or over-deliberation; ethical clarity calls for firm recognition and right action.

What is happening in the narrative?

A blameless princess runs forward; Parvata, seeing her, reassures her that the man before her is truly her husband and that there is no need for further questioning.