Shloka 49

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय 33: धृतराष्ट्र-विदुर संवादः (विदुरनीतिः)

Devanagari script

आढ्यानां मांसपरमं मध्यानां गोरसोत्तरम्‌ तैलोत्तरं दरिद्राणां भोजनं भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

āḍhyānāṁ māṁsa-paramaṁ madhyānāṁ go-rasottaram tailottaraṁ daridrāṇāṁ bhojanaṁ bharatarṣabha bharataśreṣṭha

Translation

قال فيدورا: «يا ثورَ آلِ بهاراتا، يا خيرَ بهاراتا: إن طعامَ الأغنياء يغلب عليه اللحم؛ وطعامَ ذوي الحال المتوسطة يغلب عليه نتاجُ البقرة—اللبن وما يُصنع منه—؛ وطعامَ الفقراء يغلب عليه الزيت. وهكذا يعكس قوتُ الرجال منزلتَهم والدوافعَ التي تسوقهم.»

Word by Word

• आढ्यानाम्: of the wealthy (people)
• आढ्यानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आढ्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• मांस-परमम्: having meat as the chief (thing)
• मांस-परमम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मांस-परम
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मध्यानाम्: of the middling (people)
• मध्यानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• गो-रस-उत्तरम्: having cow-products (milk etc.) as predominant
• गो-रस-उत्तरम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गो-रस-उत्तर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तैल-उत्तरम्: having oil as predominant
• तैल-उत्तरम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तैल-उत्तर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• दरिद्राणाम्: of the poor (people)
• दरिद्राणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दरिद्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• भोजनम्: food, meal
• भोजनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भरत-ऋषभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भरत-श्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Bharata (dynastic epithet addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra)