Shloka 18

उद्योगपर्व — विदुरनीतिः (Adhyāya 37): आयुःक्षयहेतवः, नीतिसूत्राणि, बलभेदाः, पाण्डव-विग्रहदोषदर्शनम्

Devanagari script

।। नासुद्गत्‌ परमं मन्त्र भारताहति वेदितुम्‌

Transliteration

nāsudgataḥ paramaṁ mantraṁ bhāratāhati veditum

Translation

Vidura says: One who has not risen above base impulses is unfit to grasp the highest counsel; in the Bharata conflict, only a mind disciplined by self-control can truly understand the supreme guidance that turns one from ruin and toward dharma.

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• असूद्गत्: one who has not risen/advanced (unqualified person)
• असूद्गत्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: असूद्गत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परमम्: supreme, highest
• परमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मन्त्रम्: mantra, sacred formula/teaching
• मन्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अहति: in/at the striking; in the act of recitation/intonation (context-dependent)
• अहति: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहति
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• वेदितुम्: to know, to understand
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Tumun (infinitive), Parasmaipada (usage)

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Bharata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)