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Shloka 1

त्रिवर्गविचारः

Tri-varga Deliberation: Dharma, Artha, Kāma

Devanagari script

अपने-आप बछ। अ--काजज षष्टर्याधिकशततमो< ध्याय: मन और इन्ट्रियोंके संयमरूप दमका माहात्म्य युधिछिर उवाच स्वाध्याये कृतयत्नस्य नरस्य च पितामह । धर्मकामस्य धर्मात्मन्‌ कि नु श्रेय इहोच्यते,युधिष्ठिरने पूछा--धर्मात्मा पितामह! जो स्वाध्यायके लिये यत्नशील है और धर्मपालनकी इच्छा रखता है, उस मनुष्यके लिये इस संसारमें श्रेय क्या बताया जाता है?

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca—svādhyāye kṛta-yatnasya narasya ca pitāmaha | dharma-kāmasya dharmātman kiṃ nu śreya iha ucyate ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “O Grandfather, O righteous-souled one—when a person strives earnestly in self-study (svādhyāya) and desires to live by dharma, what is declared to be the highest good for him in this very world?”

Word by Word

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

उवाचsaid/spoke

स्वाध्यायेin/with regard to self-study (Vedic study)

कृतयत्नस्यof one who has made effort / is diligent

नरस्यof a man/person

चand

पितामहO grandsire (Bhīṣma)

धर्मकामस्यof one who desires dharma / intent on righteousness

धर्मात्मन्O righteous-souled one

किम्what

नुindeed/then (interrogative particle)

श्रेयःthe good, the highest benefit

इहhere (in this world)

उच्यतेis said/declared

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

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