Shloka 91
Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)
Devanagari script
वेदाढ्या वृत्तसम्पन्ना ज्ञानवन्तस्तपस्विन: । यत्र तिष्ठन्ति वै विप्रास्तन्नाम नगरं नूप,राजन! वेदज्ञ, सदाचारी, ज्ञानी और तपस्वी ब्राह्मण जहाँ निवास करते हों, उसीका नाम नगर है
Transliteration
vedāḍhyā vṛttasampannā jñānavantas tapasvinaḥ | yatra tiṣṭhanti vai viprās tan nāma nagaraṃ nūpa-rājan ||
Translation
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “O king of the Nūpas, a place truly deserves the name ‘city’ only where Brahmin sages—rich in Vedic learning, endowed with upright conduct, possessed of wisdom, and devoted to austerity—actually reside.”
Word by Word
वेदाढ्याःrich in the Vedas / well-versed in the Vedas
वेदाढ्याः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवेदाढ्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
वृत्तसम्पन्नाःendowed with good conduct
वृत्तसम्पन्नाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवृत्तसम्पन्न
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
ज्ञानवन्तःpossessing knowledge
ज्ञानवन्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootज्ञानवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तपस्विनःascetic, practicing austerities
तपस्विनः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootतपस्विन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र
तिष्ठन्तिthey stay / stand / reside
तिष्ठन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootस्था
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
विप्राःbrahmins
विप्राः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तत्that
तत्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
नामby name / is called
नाम:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम
नगरम्a city
नगरम्:
TypeNoun
Rootनगर
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
नृपO king
नृप:
TypeNoun
Rootनृप
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
युधिछिर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Y
YudhiṣṭhiraV
viprāḥ (Brahmins)N
nūpa-rājan (King of the Nūpas)V
VedaVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes