Shloka 30

Devanagari script

तस्माद्‌ यत्‌ कृतमस्माभिर्मन्यमानै: शमं प्रति । अनुमन्यस्व तत्‌ सर्व मा च शोके मन: कृथा:,“अतः हमलोगोंने सर्वत्र शान्ति स्थापित करनेके उद्देश्यसे जो कुछ किया है, उन सब बातोंका आप भी अनुमोदन करें। मनको व्यर्थ शोकमें न डालें"

Transliteration

tasmād yat kṛtam asmābhir manyamānaiḥ śamaṃ prati | anumanyasva tat sarvaṃ mā ca śoke manaḥ kṛthāḥ ||

Translation

“Vì vậy, xin bệ hạ chuẩn thuận mọi điều chúng thần đã làm, luôn nhắm đến việc lập lại hòa bình. Xin đừng để tâm trí mình chìm trong nỗi sầu vô ích.”

Word by Word

तस्मात्therefore/from that reason

यत्whatever/that which

कृतम्done

अस्माभिःby us

मन्यमानैःthinking/considering

शमम्peace/appeasement

प्रतिtowards/with regard to

अनुमन्यस्वapprove/assent (you)

तत्that

सर्वम्all/entirely

माdo not

चand

शोकेin grief

मनःmind

कृथाःmake/do (you)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One should support actions undertaken for reconciliation and peace (śama) and restrain the mind from unproductive sorrow; ethical response after catastrophe includes consent to pacification rather than continued lamentation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports a consoling instruction: the listener is urged to endorse the steps taken by the speakers to establish peace everywhere and to avoid sinking into grief, reflecting the post-war attempt to stabilize society and emotions.