Shloka 4

Devanagari script

सृञ्जयस्य वच: श्रुत्वा तव चैव शुचिस्मिते । यदत्र ते भृशं कार्य तदद्यैव विचिन्त्यताम्‌,शुचिस्मिते! सृंजयवंशी राजा होत्रवाहनकी बात सुनकर और अपना विचार प्रकट करके जो कार्य तुम्हें अत्यन्त आवश्यक प्रतीत हो उसका आज ही विचार कर लो

Transliteration

sṛñjayasya vacaḥ śrutvā tava caiva śucismite | yad atra te bhṛśaṃ kārya tad adyaiva vicintyatām ||

Translation

阿克利塔弗拉那说道：“微笑清雅的夫人啊，既已听过斯林伽耶之言，也听过你的心意，就在今日细细思量：在此局势中，你最迫切该做的是什么。”

Word by Word

सृञ्जयस्यof Sṛñjaya

वचःspeech, words

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

तवof you, your

चand

एवindeed, just

शुचिस्मितेO one with a pure/bright smile

यत्whatever (that which)

अत्रhere, in this matter

तेto you / for you

भृशम्exceedingly, greatly

कार्यम्a thing to be done; duty; necessary action

तत्that

अद्यtoday

एवindeed, just

विचिन्त्यताम्let it be considered; consider (it)

शुचिस्मितेO one with a pure/bright smile

Speaker

अकृतव्रण उवाच

Characters & Entities

अ

अकृतव्रण (Akṛtavraṇa)

स

सृञ्जय (Sṛñjaya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Urgent situations require thoughtful deliberation: after hearing counsel from others and weighing one’s own view, one should promptly decide the most necessary course of action in line with duty (kārya/dharma).

What is happening in the narrative?

Akṛtavraṇa addresses a woman respectfully as “śucismitā,” saying he has heard Sṛñjaya’s statement and her response, and urges her to consider immediately what action is most pressing in the present matter.