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Shloka 173

Adhyāya 223: Nāradasya Guṇa-kathana

Catalogue of Nārada’s Virtues

इदं च ते5द्य व्यसनं शोचस्याहो न शोचसि । सब दैत्य तुम्हारा मुँह जोहते हुए तुम्हारे ही शासनमें रहते थे। तुम्हारे राज्यमें पृथ्वी बिना जोते-बोये ही अनाज पैदा करती थी। परंतु आज तुम्हारे ऊपर यह संकट आ पहुँचा है। इसके लिये तुम शोक करते हो या नहीं?

idaṃ ca te 'dya vyasanaṃ śocasy āho na śocasi | sarve daityās tava mukhaṃ johatāḥ tavaiva śāsane 'vasan | tava rājye pṛthivī ajoṭā-bījā api dhānyaṃ prasūyate sma | parantu adya tvayi idaṃ saṅkaṭam āpatitam | etad-arthaṃ tvaṃ śocasi vā na vā ?

Śakra sprach: „Und nun ist dieses Unheil über dich gekommen — trauerst du darum, oder trauerst du nicht? Einst lebten alle Daityas unter deiner eigenen Herrschaft und blickten auf dein Antlitz, um den Befehl zu empfangen. In deinem Reich trug die Erde Korn, selbst ohne Pflug und ohne Aussaat. Und doch ist heute diese Krise über dich hereingebrochen. Sage mir: beklagst du dies — oder nicht?“

idamthis
idam:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootidam
Formneuter, nominative, singular
caand
ca:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca
teof you/your
te:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Roottvad
Formmasculine/neuter, genitive, singular
adyatoday/now
adya:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootadya
vyasanamcalamity, misfortune
vyasanam:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootvyasana
Formneuter, nominative, singular
śocasiyou grieve
śocasi:
TypeVerb
Rootśuc
Formpresent, second, singular, parasmaipada
ahoalas! indeed!
aho:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootaho
nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna
śocasiyou grieve
śocasi:
TypeVerb
Rootśuc
Formpresent, second, singular, parasmaipada

शक्र उवाच

Ś
Śakra (Indra)
D
Daityas
P
Pṛthivī (Earth)

Educational Q&A

The passage contrasts former prosperity and authority with present adversity to prompt reflection on impermanence and the proper response to misfortune. It implicitly tests whether a ruler (or powerful being) understands that fortune changes and whether one meets crisis with discernment rather than complacency.

Śakra (Indra) addresses a figure who once enjoyed unquestioned sovereignty—so much so that the Daityas lived under his rule and the earth yielded abundant grain effortlessly. Indra points out that a crisis has now befallen him and asks directly whether he grieves, pressing him to acknowledge the reversal of fortune.