Shloka 33

एकचक्रानिवासे ब्राह्मणगृहदुःखश्रवणम् | Hearing the Brāhmaṇa Household’s Distress at Ekacakrā

Devanagari script

जितेन्द्रियश्च वसुधां प्राप्स्यतीति च मेडब्रवीत्‌ । विज्ञातमिति तत्‌ सर्व प्रत्युक्तो विदुरो मया,“यदि तुम अपनी इन्द्रियोंको वशमें रखोगे तो सारी पृथ्वीका राज्य प्राप्त कर लोगे, यह बात भी उन्होंने मुझसे बतायी थी और इन्हीं बातोंके लिये मैंने विदुरजीको उत्तर दिया था कि “मैं सब समझ गया”

Transliteration

jitendriyaś ca vasudhāṃ prāpsyatīti ca medabravīt | vijñātam iti tat sarvaṃ pratyukto viduro mayā |

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “He also told me this: ‘If you keep your senses under control, you will attain sovereignty over the whole earth.’ It was with reference to all these points that I replied to Vidura, saying, ‘I have understood everything.’”

Word by Word

• {'jitendriyaḥ': 'one who has conquered/controlled the senses

• self-restrained', 'ca': 'and

• also', 'vasudhām': 'the earth

• the realm (as territory)', 'prāpsyati': 'will obtain

• will attain', 'iti': 'thus

• in these words (quotative marker)', 'abravīt': 'said

• spoke', 'vijñātam': 'understood

• known', 'tat': 'that', 'sarvam': 'all

• the whole of it', 'pratyuktaḥ': 'replied

• answered back', 'viduraḥ': 'Vidura (the wise counselor)', 'mayā': 'by me'}

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Vidura
• Vasudhā (the Earth/kingdom)