Shloka 29

Vidura’s Message to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: Authorization for Dāna and Public Welfare (विदुरवाक्यम्—दानानुज्ञा)

Devanagari script

इत्युक्तो नारदस्तेन वाक्‍्यं सर्वमनो5नुगम्‌ । व्याजहार सभामध्ये दिव्यदर्शी महातपा:,शतयूपके इस प्रकार प्रश्न करनेपर दिव्यदर्शी महातपस्वी देवर्षि नारदने उस सभामें सबके मनको प्रिय लगनेवाली यह बात कही

Transliteration

ity ukto nāradas tena vākyaṁ sarva-manonugam | vyājahāra sabhā-madhye divya-darśī mahā-tapāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dijo: Así interpelado, el vidente divino Nārada—gran asceta, dotado de visión celestial—habló en medio de la asamblea con palabras acordes al sentir de todos, gratas y oportunas.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्तः: having been addressed/said to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नारदः: Narada
• नारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वाक्यम्: speech/statement
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्व: entire/all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मनः: of the mind
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अनुगम्: agreeable/pleasing (following)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुग
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• व्याजहार: said/uttered
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सभा: in the assembly
• सभा: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• मध्ये: in the midst
• मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मध्य

• दिव्यदर्शी: divine-seeing, seer
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्यदर्शिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महातपाः: great ascetic
• Type: Noun
• Root: महातपस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Nārada
• sabhā (assembly)