Shloka 19
Devanagari script
न म्रियेयुर्न जीर्येयु: सर्वे स्यु: सार्वकामिका:
Transliteration
na mriyeyur na jīryeyuḥ sarve syuḥ sārvakāmikāḥ
Translation
„Keiner würde sterben, keiner würde altern; alle Wesen blieben stets in jeder Sehnsucht erfüllt.“
Word by Word
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
म्रियेयुःwould die
म्रियेयुः:
TypeVerb
Rootमृ
FormVidhi-linga (optative), Atmanepada, 3rd, plural
नnor / not
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
जीर्येयुःwould grow old / decay
जीर्येयुः:
TypeVerb
Rootजॄ
FormVidhi-linga (optative), Atmanepada, 3rd, plural
सर्वेall (of them)
सर्वे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
स्युःwould be
स्युः:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormVidhi-linga (optative), Parasmaipada, 3rd, plural
सार्वकामिकाःhaving all desires fulfilled / granting all wishes
सार्वकामिकाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसार्वकामिक
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
Speaker
व्याध उवाच
Characters & Entities
व
व्याध (the hunter)Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse imagines an ideal condition where death, aging, and lack are absent—highlighting that ordinary life is defined by mortality and decay, and that craving for complete satisfaction is a powerful human impulse often used to frame ethical reflection on what truly constitutes well-being.
The hunter (Vyādha), speaking in a didactic context, presents a hypothetical world in which everyone would neither die nor age and would have every desire fulfilled—an illustrative statement used to advance his moral reasoning about human life and values.