Shloka 64

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच सार्थ: प्रवसतो मित्र भार्या मित्र गृहे सतः । आतुरस्य भिषड्मित्र दानं मित्र मरिष्यत:,युधिष्ठिर बोले--सहयात्रियोंका समुदाय अथवा साथमें यात्रा करनेवाला साथी ही प्रवासीका मित्र है, पत्नी गृहवासीका मित्र है, वैद्य रोगीका मित्र है और दान मुमूर्षु (अर्थात्‌ मरनेवाले) मनुष्यका मित्र है

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | sārthaḥ pravasato mitraṁ bhāryā mitraṁ gṛhe sataḥ | āturasya bhiṣag mitraṁ dānaṁ mitraṁ mariṣyataḥ ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: For one who is traveling abroad, the caravan and fellow-travellers are his friends; for one who remains at home, a wife is the friend; for the sick, the physician is the friend; and for a man nearing death, the true friend is charity—the meritorious gift that supports him beyond this life.

Word by Word

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

उवाचsaid

सार्थःcaravan; company of fellow-travellers

प्रवसतःof one who is abroad / travelling

मित्रम्friend

भार्याwife

गृहेin the house

सतःof one who is (staying) / of the resident

आतुरस्यof the sick person

भिषक्physician

मित्रम्friend

दानम्gift; charity

मित्रम्friend

मरिष्यतःof one who is about to die

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

sārtha (caravan/fellow-travellers)

bhāryā (wife)

bhiṣak (physician)

dāna (charity/gift)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes