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Shloka 15

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

कन्ये विप्रावुपचर देववत्‌ पितृवच्च ह । तब उन दोनोंने कहा--“बहुत अच्छा।” इसके बाद राजाने उस कन्याको आदेश दिया --“बेटी! तुम इन दोनों महर्षियोंकी देवता और पितरोंके समान सेवा किया करो”। सा तु कन्या तथेत्युक्त्वा पितरं धर्मचारिणी

kanye viprāv upacara devavat pitṛvac ca ha | tataḥ tau dvau uvatuḥ—“bahu śobhanam” | tataḥ paraṁ rājā tāṁ kanyām ājñāpayām āsa—“putri! tvam etau dvau maharṣī devavat pitṛṇāṁ ca samāṁ sevāṁ kuru” | sā tu kanyā tathety uktvā pitaraṁ dharmacāriṇī

“Hỡi thiếu nữ, hãy phụng sự hai vị hiền triết Bà-la-môn ấy như phụng sự chư thiên, và như kính thờ tổ tiên.” Nghe vậy, cả hai đáp: “Rất tốt.” Rồi nhà vua dặn con gái: “Con ơi, hãy hầu hạ hai bậc đại ẩn sĩ này với lòng tôn kính dành cho thần linh và tiền nhân.” Thiếu nữ đức hạnh thưa: “Xin vâng,” rồi quay về phía phụ vương, tiếp nhận mệnh lệnh ấy như một bổn phận của dharma.

कन्येO two maidens
कन्ये:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootकन्या
FormFeminine, Vocative, Dual
विप्रौthe two brahmins
विप्रौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
उपचरserve (you two)! / attend upon!
उपचर:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-चर्
FormImperative, 2nd, Dual, Parasmaipada
देववत्like gods
देववत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदेववत्
पितृवत्like fathers/ancestors
पितृवत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपितृवत्
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
indeed / emphatic particle
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
साshe
सा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut / then
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
कन्याthe maiden
कन्या:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकन्या
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तथाthus / so
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
उक्त्वाhaving said
उक्त्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)
पितरम्father
पितरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
धर्मचारिणीrighteous-conducting (virtuous)
धर्मचारिणी:
TypeAdjective
Rootधर्मचारिणी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Ś
Śrī Kṛṣṇa (speaker label)
T
the king (rājā)
T
the maiden/daughter (kanyā/putrī)
T
two brahmin sages (viprau / maharṣī)
D
deities (devāḥ)
A
ancestors/Pitṛs (pitaraḥ/pitṛgaṇa)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames service to worthy guests—especially brahmin sages—as a sacred duty: one should honor them with the same reverence given to gods and ancestors. Ethical conduct (dharma) is shown through respectful service and obedience to righteous instruction.

A king directs his daughter to attend upon two visiting brahmin sages, telling her to serve them as she would the gods and the Pitṛs. The sages assent, and the virtuous maiden accepts the command, indicating readiness to act according to dharma.