Shloka 22

Devanagari script

यथावत्‌ प्रतिपद्येथा: काले काले युधिष्ठिर । आपूृष्टोडसीह कौन्तेय स्वस्ति प्राप्रुहि भारत

Transliteration

yathāvat pratipadyethāḥ kāle kāle yudhiṣṭhira | āpṛṣṭo ’smiha kaunteya svasti prāpruhi bhārata ||

Translation

Vidura sprach: „Yudhiṣṭhira, zu jeder rechten Zeit handle, wie es sich ziemt—indem du in jeder Lage deine rechtmäßige Pflicht erkennst, besonders wenn Widerwärtigkeit aufkommt und wenn Dharma und Artha (materielles Wohl) unter Druck geraten. O Sohn der Kuntī, Nachkomme Bharatas, ich habe gesagt, was zu sagen war; nun nehme ich Abschied. Mögest du Wohlergehen und gutes Vorzeichen erlangen, frei von Krankheit. Wenn du sicher aus dem Wald zurückkehrst, werde ich dich wiedersehen.“

Word by Word

• यथावत्: properly, duly, as is right
• यथावत्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत्

• प्रतिपद्येथाः: may you conduct yourself / may you follow (your duty)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति√पद्
• Form: Vidhi-ling, 2, singular, Atmanepada

• काले: in (the) time, at the occasion
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• काले: in (the) time (i.e., from time to time)
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• आपूृष्टः: having been asked / having been inquired of
• आपूृष्टः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√पृच्छ्
• Form: past passive participle (kta), masculine, nominative, singular

• असि: you are
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Lat, 2, singular, Parasmaipada

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• कौन्तेय: O son of Kuntī
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• स्वस्ति: well-being, auspiciousness
• स्वस्ति: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वस्ति

• प्राप्नुहि: attain, obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√आप्
• Form: Lot (imperative), 2, singular, Parasmaipada

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

To act appropriately in every circumstance—especially in times of crisis—by aligning one’s conduct with dharma and prudent welfare (artha), and by discerning one’s duty according to time and situation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vidura concludes his counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira, offers a blessing for health and auspiciousness, and takes leave, expressing hope to meet again after Yudhiṣṭhira’s return from forest life.