Shloka 3

Adhyāya 6: Vidura’s Saṃsāra-Upamā

The Allegory of the Well, Time, and Desire

Devanagari script

एतनमे सर्वमाचक्ष्व साधु चेष्टामहे तदा । कृपा मे महती जाता तस्याभ्युद्धरणेन हि,यह सब मुझे बताओ; फिर हम सब लोग उसे वहाँसे निकालनेकी पूरी चेष्टा करेंगे। उसके उद्धारके लिये मुझे बड़ी दया आ रही है

Transliteration

etan me sarvam ācakṣva sādhu ceṣṭāmahe tadā | kṛpā me mahatī jātā tasyābhyuddharaṇena hi ||

Translation

Vidura sprach: „Berichte mir dies alles klar. Dann werden wir unverzüglich jede rechte Anstrengung unternehmen, um ihn von dort herauszubringen. Wahrlich, großes Mitgefühl ist in mir erwacht, ihn zu retten.“

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• मे: to me / for me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative/Genitive, Singular

• सर्वम्: all, everything
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आचक्ष्व: tell, relate
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चक्ष्
• Form: Imperative, 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• साधु: well, properly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु

• चेष्टामहे: we strive, we endeavor
• Type: Verb
• Root: चेष्ट्
• Form: Present, 1, Plural, Atmanepada

• तदा: then, at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• कृपा: compassion, pity
• कृपा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मे: my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• महती: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• जाता: arisen, born (has arisen)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• तस्य: of him/it
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अभ्युद्धरणेन: by (his) rescue, by lifting out
• अभ्युद्धरणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्युद्धरण
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Compassion should move one toward timely, well-directed effort: Vidura’s kṛpā is not passive emotion but becomes sādhu-ceṣṭā—proper, ethical action aimed at rescuing someone in distress.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vidura asks for a full, clear report of the situation and declares that, once informed, they will immediately attempt to extract and save the person who is trapped or endangered, because he feels strong compassion for that person’s deliverance.