Shloka 62

Chapter 2: Sudarśana Upākhyāna — Atithi-Dharma and the Conquest of Mṛtyu

Gṛhastha-Vrata

Devanagari script

अथ तां पुनरेवेदं प्रोवाच स सुदर्शन: । क्व सा साध्वी क्‍्व सा याता गरीय: किमतो मम

Transliteration

atha tāṃ punar evedaṃ provāca sa sudarśanaḥ | kva sā sādhvī kva sā yātā garīyaḥ kim ato mama ||

Translation

于是，苏达尔沙那又一次反复呼唤着说道：“那位贤德的女子在哪里？我那守贞的妻子去了何处？有什么差事竟比侍奉我更为沉重，忽然落在她身上？”

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• इदम्: this (speech/words)
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रोवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुदर्शनः: Sudarsana (proper name)
• सुदर्शनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुदर्शन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्व: where?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व

• सा: she/that (woman)
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• साध्वी: virtuous/chaste
• साध्वी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साध्वी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• क्व: where?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• याता: gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: क्त (past passive participle, used actively/intransitively), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गरीयः: more weighty/greater
• गरीयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गरियस् (गुरु-तुल्यतर)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अतः: than this/therefore
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः

• मम: of me/my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sudarśana
• the virtuous wife (sādhvī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the traditional dharma-ideal of the sādhvī (faithful, virtuous wife) and the expectation of steadfast domestic duty; it also hints at how attachment and entitlement can shape one’s moral assumptions about another’s obligations.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sudarśana, not finding his wife, calls out for her again and again, wondering where she has gone and what could be more urgent than attending to him.