Mahabharata · 1.224.20–21
॥
Devanāgarī
ततो ऽभ्यगच्छत् सहसा मन्दपालो ऽपि भारत ॥
अथ ते सर्व एवैनं नाभ्यनन्दन्त वै सुताः ॥
लालप्यमानम् एकैकं जरितां च पुनः पुनः ॥
नोचुस् ते वचनं किं चित् तम् ऋषिं साध्व् असाधु वा ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tato 'bhyagacchat sahasā mandapālo 'pi bhārata ||
atha te sarva evainaṃ nābhyanandanta vai sutāḥ ||
lālapyamānam ekaikaṃ jaritāṃ ca punaḥ punaḥ ||
nocus te vacanaṃ kiṃ cit tam ṛṣiṃ sādhv asādhu vā ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
ततः अभ्यगच्छत् सहसा मन्दपालः अपि भारतtataḥ abhyagacchat sahasā mandapālaḥ api bhārataThen Mandapala too suddenly arrived, O Bharata;
अथ ते सर्वे एव एनं न अभ्यनन्दन्त वै सुताःatha te sarve eva enaṃ na abhyanandanta vai sutāḥbut all those sons did not welcome him;
लालप्यमानम् एकैकं जरितां च पुनः पुनःlālapyamānam ekaikaṃ jaritāṃ ca punaḥ punaḥthough he lamented to each of them and to Jarita again and again,
न ऊचुः ते वचनं किं चित् तम् ऋषिं साधु असाधु वाna ūcuḥ te vacanaṃ kiṃ cit tam ṛṣiṃ sādhu asādhu vāthey said not a word to that sage, neither good nor ill;
ततोtatooriginal form "tato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽभ्यगच्छत्'bhyagacchatoriginal form "'bhyagacchat", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मन्दपालोmandapālooriginal form "mandapālo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽपि'pioriginal form "'pi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सर्वsarvaoriginal form "sarva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एवैनंevainaṃoriginal form "evainaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नाभ्यनन्दन्तnābhyanandantaoriginal form "nābhyanandanta", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नोचुस्nocusoriginal form "nocus", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
साध्व्sādhvoriginal form "sādhv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation
“Then Mandapala too suddenly arrived, O Bharata; but all those sons did not welcome him; though he lamented to each of them and to Jarita again and again, they said not a word to that sage, neither good nor ill.”
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5e86a1501abc · published Jul 12, 2026, 6:20:36 PM UTC
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Here those who were left behind meet the one who returns with silence. It is telling that neither the sons nor the mother answer Mandapala: those abandoned are in no hurry to receive one who left in the hour of need. Here is the lesson that trust, once lost, does not return at once. So the scripture reveals a cold reception; and Mandapala will begin to question them.