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Shloka 4

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 34 — Vidura’s Counsel on Deliberation, Speech-Discipline, and Dharmic Kingship

यावत्‌ कीर्तिर्मिनुष्यस्य पुण्या लोके प्रगीयते । तावत्‌ स पुरुषव्याप्र स्वर्गलोके महीयते,पुरुषश्रेष्ठ] इस लोकमें जबतक मनुष्यकी पावन कीर्तिका गान किया जाता है, तबतक वह स्वर्गलोकमें प्रतिष्ठित होता है

yāvat kīrtir manuṣyasya puṇyā loke pragīyate | tāvat sa puruṣavyāghra svargaloke mahīyate ||

Vidura sprach: Solange der heilige Ruhm eines Menschen in dieser Welt besungen wird, so lange wird er auch im Himmel geehrt und erhöht. Die Dauer des guten Namens unter den Menschen wird zum Maß der bleibenden Vergeltung jenseits dieses Lebens und mahnt Herrscher wie Krieger, Dharma dem kurzlebigen Gewinn vorzuziehen.

यावत्as long as / so long as
यावत्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयावत्
Formcorrelative adverb (yāvat–tāvat construction)
कीर्तिःfame, renown
कीर्तिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकीर्ति
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
मनुष्यस्यof a man / of a human
मनुष्यस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootमनुष्य
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
पुण्याholy, meritorious
पुण्या:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्य
Formfeminine, nominative, singular (agreeing with कीर्तिः)
लोकेin the world
लोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
Formmasculine, locative, singular
प्रगीयतेis sung, is celebrated
प्रगीयते:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootगै (गायति)
Formpresent tense, passive voice, 3rd person, singular
तावत्so long / that long
तावत्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतावत्
Formcorrelative adverb (yāvat–tāvat construction)
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
पुरुषव्याघ्रःtiger among men, best of men
पुरुषव्याघ्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुषव्याघ्र
Formmasculine, nominative, singular (apposition to सः)
स्वर्गलोकेin heaven-world
स्वर्गलोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्गलोक
Formmasculine, locative, singular
महीयतेis honored, is glorified
महीयते:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootमह् (महते)
Formpresent tense, passive voice, 3rd person, singular

विदुर उवाच

V
Vidura
S
svargaloka (heaven)
L
loka (the world)

Educational Q&A

Lasting honor in the afterlife is tied to enduring righteous reputation in this world; therefore one should act in dharma so that one’s fame remains worthy of praise.

In Udyoga Parva, Vidura is giving moral and political counsel during the tense pre-war negotiations, reminding the addressed hero/king that true greatness is measured by virtuous fame that outlives the body.