Shloka 38

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त: कुपितो राजा मत्स्य: पाण्डवमब्रवीत्‌ | समं॑ पुत्रेण मे षण्ढं ब्रह्म॒ुबन्धो प्रशंससि

Transliteration

ity uktaḥ kupito rājā matsyaḥ pāṇḍavam abravīt | samaṁ putreṇa me ṣaṇḍhaṁ brahmabandho praśaṁsasi |

Translation

Pagkarinig nito, nag-alab sa galit ang hari ng Matsya at sinabi sa anak ni Pāṇḍu: “Hamakin mong Brahmin! Pinupuri mo ang eunuko na iyon na para bang kapantay ng aking anak!”

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्तः: having been spoken to / addressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुपितः: angry
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुपित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मत्स्यः: Matsya (the Matsya king)
• मत्स्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्स्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डवम्: the Pandava
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said / spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• समम्: equally
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम

• पुत्रेण: with (my) son
• पुत्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• मे: my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• षण्ढम्: a eunuch
• षण्ढम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: षण्ढ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रह्मबन्धो: O brahmin by mere connection (contemptuous address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मबन्धु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रशंससि: you praise
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-शंस्
• Form: Present (लट्), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Matsya (King Virāṭa)
• Pāṇḍava (son of Pāṇḍu)
• Virāṭa’s son (Uttarā/Uttara implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger and attachment to status can distort judgment: the king reacts to perceived disrespect by resorting to abusive labels, illustrating a lapse from dharma in speech and discernment.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Virāṭa court episode, King Matsya (Virāṭa) becomes furious at a Pāṇḍava (in disguise) for praising a person he derides as a ‘ṣaṇḍha’ as being equal to his own son, and he rebukes the speaker with the insult ‘brahmabandhu’.