Shloka 68
Devanagari script
तत्तु कर्म तथा कुर्याद् येन श्लाघ्येत संसदि । शीलं समासेनैतत् ते कथितं कुरुसत्तम
Transliteration
tattu karma tathā kuryād yena ślāghyeta saṃsadi | śīlaṃ samāsenaitat te kathitaṃ kurusattama ||
Translation
অতএব এমনভাবে কর্ম করা উচিত, যাতে পরিপূর্ণ সভায় প্রশংসা লাভ হয়। হে কুরুশ্রেষ্ঠ, সংক্ষেপে এটাই তোমাকে শীলের সার বললাম।
Word by Word
तत्that (act/thing)
तत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
कर्मdeed, action
कर्म:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तथाthus, in that manner
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
कुर्यात्should do
कुर्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
येनby which
येन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
श्लाघ्येतwould be praised
श्लाघ्येत:
TypeVerb
Rootश्लाघ्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada (passive sense)
संसदिin the assembly
संसदि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसंसद्
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
शीलम्conduct, character
शीलम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशील
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
समासेनbriefly, in summary
समासेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसमास
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तेto you
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormDative, Singular
कथितम्told, stated
कथितम्:
TypeVerb
Rootकथ्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative, Singular
कुरु-सत्तमO best of the Kurus
कुरु-सत्तम:
TypeNoun
Rootकुरु + सत्तम
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Characters & Entities
D
DhṛtarāṣṭraK
Kuru (lineage)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Act in such a way that your deeds are publicly commendable; this public praiseworthiness is presented as a concise marker of śīla—good character expressed through action.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra addresses a Kuru noble ("kurusattama"), summarizing an ethical instruction: the practical test of conduct is whether it would earn praise in an assembly, and he states this as the brief definition of śīla.