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Shloka 25

Draupadī’s Lament and Theodicy: Dharma, Dice, and Īśvara’s Governance (Āraṇyaka-parva 31)

अफलो यदि धर्म: स्याच्चरितो धर्मचारिभि: | अप्रतिष्ठे तमस्येतज्जगन्मज्जेदनिन्दिते,साध्वी द्रौपदी! यदि धर्मपरायण पुरुषोंद्वारा पालित धर्म निष्फल होता तो सम्पूर्ण जगत्‌ असीम अन्धकारमें निमग्न हो जाता

aphalo yadi dharmaḥ syāc carito dharmacāribhiḥ | apratiṣṭhe tamasy etaj jagan majjed anindite sādhvī draupadī ||

Yudhiṣṭhira sprach: „Wenn Dharma, wie ihn die dem Dharma ergebenen Menschen üben, wahrhaft fruchtlos wäre, dann würde diese ganze Welt—ohne festen Grund—in eine endlose Finsternis versinken. O tadellose, tugendhafte Draupadī!“

अफलःfruitless
अफलः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअफल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यदिif
यदि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि
धर्मःdharma, righteousness
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स्यात्would be
स्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
चरितःpractised, observed
चरितः:
TypeVerb
Rootचर्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
धर्मचारिभिःby the followers/practisers of dharma
धर्मचारिभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootधर्मचारिन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
अप्रतिष्ठेin the unstable/groundless (state)
अप्रतिष्ठे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootअप्रतिष्ठ
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
तमसिin darkness
तमसि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootतमस्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
जगत्the world
जगत्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजगत्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
मज्जेत्would sink, would be submerged
मज्जेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootमज्ज्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
अनिन्दितेO blameless one
अनिन्दिते:
TypeAdjective
Rootअनिन्दित
FormFeminine, Vocative, Singular
साध्वीO virtuous lady
साध्वी:
TypeNoun
Rootसाध्वी
FormFeminine, Vocative, Singular
द्रौपदीO Draupadi
द्रौपदी:
TypeNoun
Rootद्रौपदी
FormFeminine, Vocative, Singular

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
D
Draupadī
D
dharma
J
jagat (the world)
T
tamas (darkness)