Shloka 28

Devanagari script

सा त्वं दर्प परित्यज्य दम्भं मानं च भाविनि । आराध्य वरदं विप्र॑ श्रेयसा योक्ष्यसे पृथे,“सुन्दर भाववाली पृथे! तुम दर्प, दम्भ और मानको त्यागकर यदि इन वरदायक ब्राह्मणकी आराधना करोगी तो परम कल्याणकी भागिनी होओगी

Transliteration

sā tvaṁ darpa-parityajya dambhaṁ mānaṁ ca bhāvini | ārādhya varadaṁ vipraṁ śreyasā yokṣyase pṛthe ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Hỡi Pṛthā, người có tâm tính cao nhã—hãy từ bỏ kiêu căng, giả trá và tự tôn. Nếu nàng kính thờ và phụng sự vị brāhmaṇa ban phúc này, nàng sẽ được kết duyên với điều thiện tối thượng.”

Word by Word

साshe/that (you, feminine)

त्वम्you

दर्पम्pride, arrogance

परित्यज्यhaving abandoned

दम्भम्hypocrisy, ostentation

मानम्self-conceit, honor/pride

चand

भाविनिO noble-minded one / O good-natured lady

आराध्यhaving worshipped/propitiated

वरदम्boon-giving

विप्रम्brahmin, sage

श्रेयसाwith welfare/with the highest good

योक्ष्यसेyou will be joined/attain (be endowed)

पृथेO Prthā (Kuntī)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pṛthā (Kuntī)

varada vipra (boon-giving brāhmaṇa)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that inner purification—abandoning arrogance (darpa), hypocrisy (dambha), and conceit (māna)—is essential for attaining śreyas (the highest good). Reverent service to a worthy brāhmaṇa is presented as a dharmic means to spiritual welfare.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses Pṛthā (Kuntī), advising her to renounce prideful traits and to propitiate a boon-giving brāhmaṇa. The statement frames her future well-being as dependent on humility and proper reverence toward a spiritually potent figure.