Shloka 6

Śuka’s Nirveda: Vyāsa’s Admonition on Dharma, Impermanence, and ‘Imperishable Wealth’ (अक्षय-धन)

Devanagari script

धर्म: सतां हित: पुंसां धर्मश्वैवाश्रय: सताम्‌ | धर्माल्लोकास्त्रयस्तात प्रवृत्ता: सचराचरा:,धर्म ही सत्पुरुषोंका कल्याण करनेवाला और धर्म ही उनका आश्रय है। तात! चराचर प्राणियोंसहित तीनों लोक धर्मसे ही उत्पन्न हुए हैं

Transliteration

dharmaḥ satāṃ hitaḥ puṃsāṃ dharmaś caivāśrayaḥ satām | dharmāl lokās trayas tāta pravṛttāḥ sacarācarāḥ ||

Translation

Dharma brings welfare to the righteous, and dharma itself is the refuge of the righteous. Dear one, the three worlds—together with all moving and unmoving beings—have arisen and continue in their course through dharma alone.

Word by Word

धर्मःdharma, righteousness

सताम्of the good (people)

हितःbeneficial, welfare-causing

पुंसाम्of men, of people

धर्मःdharma

चand

एवindeed, alone

आश्रयःrefuge, support

सताम्of the good

धर्मात्from dharma

लोकाःworlds

त्रयःthree

तातO dear one / O son

प्रवृत्ताःarisen, come forth, originated

सचराचराःwith the moving and the unmoving (beings)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

tāta (address to the listener, traditionally Yudhiṣṭhira)

the three worlds (trailokya)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes