Shloka 91

Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ

Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics

Devanagari script

कच्चिद्‌ वैद्याश्रविकित्सायामष्टाज्ञायां विशारदा: । सुहृदश्चानुरक्ताश्व शरीरे ते हिता: सदा,तुम्हारे वैद्य अष्टांगचिकित्सामें- कुशल, हितैषी, प्रेमी एवं तुम्हारे शरीरको स्वस्थ रखनेके प्रयत्नमें सदा संलग्न रहनेवाले हैं न?

Transliteration

kaccid vaidyāśravikitsāyām aṣṭājñāyāṁ viśāradāḥ | suhṛdaś cānuraktāś ca śarīre te hitāḥ sadā ||

Translation

Dijo Nārada: «¿Tienes médicos versados en la ciencia óctuple de la medicina—hábiles, dignos de confianza y amigos afectuosos—siempre entregados a tu bien y constantemente empeñados en mantener sano tu cuerpo?»

Word by Word

• कच्चित्: whether?, I hope (that)...
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित्
• Form: interrogative particle (yes/no question)

• वैद्याः: physicians
• वैद्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैद्य
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• चिकित्सायाम्: in medical treatment
• चिकित्सायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिकित्सा
• Form: feminine, locative, singular

• अष्टाङ्गचिकित्सायाम्: in eight-limbed (Ayurvedic) medicine
• अष्टाङ्गचिकित्सायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टाङ्गचिकित्सा
• Form: feminine, locative, singular

• विशारदाः: skilled, proficient
• विशारदाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशारद
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• सुहृदः: well-wishers, friends
• सुहृदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: conjunction

• अनुरक्ताः: attached, devoted
• अनुरक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुरक्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural (past passive participle used adjectivally)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: conjunction

• शरीरे: in (your) body; regarding the body
• शरीरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• ते: of you; your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular (enclitic form)

• हिताः: beneficial; well-disposed
• हिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हित
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural (past passive participle used adjectivally)

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा
• Form: adverb

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• physicians (vaidya)
• Aṣṭāṅga-cikitsā (eightfold medical science)