Shloka 40

अध्याय २९७ — श्रेयः, धृति, दान-नियमाः

Welfare, Steadfastness, and Norms of Giving

Devanagari script

धर्मशास्त्राणि वेदाक्ष षडड़ानि नराधिप । श्रेयसो<र्थे विधीयन्ते नरस्याक्लिष्टकर्मण:,नरेश्वर! धर्मशास्त्र और छहों अंगोंसहित वेद पुण्यकर्म करनेवाले पुरुषके कल्याणके लिये ही कर्तव्यका विधान करते हैं

Transliteration

dharmaśāstrāṇi vedākṣa ṣaḍaṅgāni narādhipa | śreyaso 'rthe vidhīyante narasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ || naraśvara ||

Translation

Parāśara said: “O king, the Dharmaśāstras and the Veda—together with its six auxiliary disciplines (vedāṅga)—lay down rules of what ought to be done for the sake of a person’s highest good, especially for one who performs righteous deeds without inner turmoil or harmful strain. Their purpose is not mere ritual formality, but the welfare and uplift of human life.”

Word by Word

धर्मशास्त्राणिtreatises on dharma

वेदाःthe Vedas

अक्षO Ax(a) (as addressed)

षडङ्गानिthe six auxiliaries (Vedāṅgas)

नराधिपO lord of men (king)

श्रेयसःof welfare / of the good

अर्थेfor the purpose / in the matter

विधीयन्तेare prescribed / are laid down

नरस्यof a man

अक्लिष्टकर्मणःof one whose actions are not afflicted (i.e., of a virtuous doer)

नरेश्वरO king / lord of men

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Parāśara

narādhipa (the king addressed)

Dharmaśāstra

Veda

Ṣ

Ṣaḍvedāṅga (six Vedāṅgas)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes