Shloka 63

हंस–साध्यसंवादः, वाक्-निग्रहः, महाकुल-लक्षणम्, शान्ति-उपायः

Hamsa–Sādhya Dialogue; Restraint of Speech; Marks of Noble Lineage; Means to Peace

Devanagari script

लताधर्मा त्वं सपुत्र: शाला: पाण्डुसुता मता: । न लता वर्धते जातु महाद्रुममनाश्रिता

Transliteration

latādharmā tvaṃ saputraḥ śālāḥ pāṇḍusutā matāḥ | na latā vardhate jātu mahādrumam anāśritā ||

Translation

قال فيدورا: «أنت مع أبنائك ككرمةٍ متسلّقة، أمّا أبناء باندو فيُعَدّون كأشجارِ شالا العظيمة. والكرمة لا تنمو حقًّا ما لم تتّكئ على شجرةٍ جليلةٍ قوية.»

Word by Word

• लता: creeper, vine
• लता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मा: nature, character (having the nature of)
• धर्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• स: with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• शालाः: śāla trees
• शालाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पाण्डु: of Pāṇḍu
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सुताः: sons
• सुताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मताः: are considered, are regarded
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत (√मन्/√मि 'to think' past passive participle)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• लता: a creeper
• लता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वर्धते: grows
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Ātmanepada

• जातु: ever, at any time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जातु

• महाद्रुमम्: a great tree
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाद्रुम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अनाश्रिता: not having taken refuge in, not supported by
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाश्रित (√श्रि with उपसर्ग आ; past passive participle with negation)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Duryodhana (implied as 'you')
• Kauravas (implied as 'your sons')
• Pāṇḍavas
• Pāṇḍu
• latā (vine/creeper)
• mahādruma (great tree)
• śāla tree