Shloka 15
उद्योगपर्व अध्याय १३३ — संजये मातृउपदेशः
Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 133 — A Mother’s Counsel to Saṃjaya
महाहमाल्याभरणां सुमृष्टाम्बरवाससम् | पुरा हृष्ट: सुहृद्र्गो मामपश्यत् सुहृदूगताम्
mahāhārābharaṇāṃ sumṛṣṭāmbaravāsasam | purā hṛṣṭaḥ suhṛdṛggo mām apaśyat suhṛdāgatām ||
Noon, nang makita ako ng aking mga kaibigang may mabuting kalooban na dumating sa gitna ng aking sariling mga kamag-anak—nakapalamuti ng mamahaling mga kuwintas na bulaklak, mga kuwintas sa leeg at mga alahas, at nakasuot ng napakaganda at malinis na kasuotan—sila’y napuno ng malaking galak.
पुत्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how social harmony and affection often express themselves through honoring one another; it also implicitly warns that such joy can be fragile when relationships deteriorate. Ethically, it points to the value of maintaining goodwill (suhṛt-bhāva) and respect within one’s kinship network.
The speaker (identified only as ‘the son’) recalls an earlier occasion when friends and well-wishers were delighted to see him arrive among relatives, richly adorned and well dressed—an evocative memory that sets up a contrast with the present tensions of the Udyoga Parva context.