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Shloka 40

उद्योगपर्व अध्याय १३३ — संजये मातृउपदेशः

Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 133 — A Mother’s Counsel to Saṃjaya

मातड़ो मत्त इव च परीयात्‌ सुमहामना: । ब्राह्मणेभ्यो नमेन्नित्यं धर्मायैव च संजय,संजय! महामनस्वी क्षत्रिय मदमत्त हाथीके समान सर्वत्र निर्भय विचरण करे और सदा ब्राह्मणोंको तथा धर्मको ही नमस्कार करे

mātaṅgo matta iva ca parīyāt sumahāmanāḥ | brāhmaṇebhyo namennityaṃ dharmāyaiva ca sañjaya sañjaya ||

بیٹے نے کہا—“اے سنجے، سنجے! عظیمُ النفس کشتریہ مدہوش ہاتھی کی مانند ہر جگہ بےخوف پھرے؛ مگر وہ ہمیشہ برہمنوں کو اور صرف دھرم ہی کو سجدۂ تعظیم کرے۔”

मत्तःintoxicated, in rut
मत्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमत्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इवlike, as if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
परीयात्should roam/wander about
परीयात्:
TypeVerb
Rootपरि-या
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
सुमहामनाःvery great-minded, noble-souled
सुमहामनाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुमहामनस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ब्राह्मणेभ्यःto the Brahmins
ब्राह्मणेभ्यः:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
FormMasculine, Dative, Plural
नमेत्should bow, should pay homage
नमेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootनम्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
धर्मायto Dharma / to righteousness
धर्माय:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
एवindeed, only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
संजयO Sanjaya
संजय:
TypeNoun
Rootसंजय
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

पुत्र उवाच

S
Sañjaya
B
brāhmaṇas
K
kṣatriya
D
Dharma
E
elephant (mātaṅga)

Educational Q&A

A kṣatriya’s public strength should be fearless and unhesitating, but it must be governed by reverence—especially toward brāhmaṇas and toward Dharma—so that power remains aligned with righteousness rather than pride.

In a didactic exchange within Udyoga Parva, the speaker identified as “the son” addresses Sañjaya, using the image of a rutting elephant to describe bold kṣatriya conduct, while simultaneously prescribing continual homage to brāhmaṇas and Dharma as the ethical boundary for such boldness.