Shloka 22

Devanagari script

नकुलसहदेवावूचतुः आसीनश्न शयानश्ष विचरन्नपि वा स्थित: । अर्थयोगं दृढं कुर्याद्‌ योगैरुच्चावचैरपि,नकुल-सहदेव बोले--महाराज! मनुष्यको बैठते, सोते, घूमते-फिरते अथवा खड़े होते समय भी छोटे-बड़े हर तरहके उपायोंसे धनकी आयको सुदृढ़ बनाना चाहिये

Transliteration

nakula-sahadevāv ūcatuḥ—āsīnaś ca śayānaś ca vicarann api vā sthitaḥ | arthayogaṁ dṛḍhaṁ kuryād yogair uccāvacair api ||

Translation

Nakula und Sahadeva sprachen: „O König, ob einer sitzt, liegt, umhergeht oder selbst still dasteht—er soll die Mittel zu Lebensunterhalt und Wohlstand standhaft festigen, indem er Methoden jeder Art anwendet, die kleinen wie die großen.“

Word by Word

नकुलसहदेवौNakula and Sahadeva

ऊचतुःsaid

आसीनःsitting

चand

शयानःlying down

चand

विचरन्moving about, walking

अपिeven, also

वाor

स्थितःstanding, staying

अर्थयोगम्means of wealth/prosperity; economic strategy

दृढम्firm, strong

कुर्यात्should make, should establish

योगैःby means, by methods

उच्चावचैःvarious (high and low), of all kinds

अपिeven, also

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nakula

Sahadeva

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One should be continuously attentive to strengthening one’s artha—i.e., the practical means of livelihood and resources—using appropriate methods of every scale. The verse emphasizes steady, disciplined effort rather than sporadic action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Within the didactic discourse of the Śānti Parva, Nakula and Sahadeva present counsel on practical statecraft and personal conduct, stressing constant vigilance in maintaining and increasing resources, regardless of one’s posture or activity.