Shloka 23

Devanagari script

अधीतं विधिवदू दत्तं प्राप्तमायुर्निरामयम्‌

Transliteration

adhītaṃ vidhivad u dattaṃ prāptam āyur nirāmayam | diṣṭyā me vipulā lakṣmī mṛte tv anyagatā vibho ||

Translation

Sañjaya dijo: «He estudiado según lo prescrito, he dado dones en la forma debida y he alcanzado una larga vida libre de enfermedad. Por buena fortuna, una gran prosperidad real fue mía, y sólo después de mi muerte pasó a manos de otro, oh poderoso.»

Word by Word

• अधीतम्: studied/learnt
• अधीतम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-इ (धातु) → अधीत (कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• विधिवत्: according to rule; duly
• विधिवत्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधि + वत्

• दत्तम्: given (as a gift); donated
• दत्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• प्राप्तम्: obtained; attained
• प्राप्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• आयुः: life-span; life
• आयुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• निरामयम्: free from disease; healthy
• निरामयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + आमय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• दिष्ट्या: by good fortune; luckily
• दिष्ट्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• मे: of me; my
• मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular, First

• विपुला: abundant; vast
• विपुला: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• लक्ष्मीः: fortune; prosperity; royal fortune
• लक्ष्मीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मृते: when (I am) dead; upon death
• मृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृ (धातु) → मृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular, Past passive participle used locatively (सप्तमी)

• त्व: of you / in you (enclitic element in sandhi)
• त्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (enclitic base)
• Form: Genitive/Locative (enclitic), Singular, Second

• अन्यगता: gone to another; passed to someone else
• अन्यगता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य + गत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, Past participle (गत) with prefix/qualifier

• विभो: O mighty one; O lord
• विभो: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Vibhu (addressed person, i.e., Dhritarashtra in context)
• Lakshmi (prosperity/royal fortune)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links a well-lived life to disciplined learning (adhyayana), properly performed giving (dāna), and the resulting well-being and prosperity—while also reminding that worldly fortune (lakṣmī) is transient and ultimately passes on after death.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports a speaker’s self-assessment at life’s end: he claims to have fulfilled prescribed duties—study and charity—enjoyed health and abundant royal fortune, and notes that his prosperity left him only after his death, underscoring the closing of a life and the transfer of power/wealth.