Shloka 19

Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 62 — Duryodhana’s Claim of Victory and Vidura’s Allegories on Discord and Risk

Devanagari script

अभयं यस्य भूतेभ्य: सर्वेषामभयं यत: । स वै परिणतप्रज्ञ: प्रख्यातो मनुजोत्तम:,जिसे समस्त प्राणियोंसे निर्भयता प्राप्त हो गयी हो तथा जिससे सभी प्राणियोंका भय दूर हो गया हो, वह परिपक्व बुद्धिवाला पुरुष मनुष्योंमें श्रेष्ठ कहा गया है

Transliteration

abhayaṁ yasya bhūtebhyaḥ sarveṣām abhayaṁ yataḥ | sa vai pariṇataprajñaḥ prakhyāto manujottamaḥ ||

Translation

He is called a mature-minded and renowned best among men in whom all beings find fearlessness, and from whom all beings receive freedom from fear.

Word by Word

अभयम्fearlessness, absence of fear

यस्यof whom/whose

भूतेभ्यःfrom beings/creatures

सर्वेषाम्of all

अभयम्fearlessness, safety

यतःfrom whom/from which

सःhe

वैindeed, surely

परिणतप्रज्ञःone of matured/fully developed understanding

प्रख्यातःrenowned, declared

मनुजोत्तमःbest of men

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

bhūtāni (all beings)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes