Shloka 44

कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः

Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time

Devanagari script

अपरे च महाभाग्या मन्दभाग्यास्तथापरे । अकुलीनास्तथा चान्ये कुलीनाश्न तथापरे,इस जगत्‌में कुछ लोग महान्‌ भाग्यशाली हैं तो कुछ लोग मन्दभाग्य हैं, कुछ लोग निन्दित कुलमें उत्पन्न हैं तो दूसरे लोग उच्चकुलमें

Transliteration

apare ca mahābhāgyā mandabhāgyās tathāpare | akulīnāś tathā cānye kulīnāś ca tathāpare ||

Translation

Mahādeva dit : «En ce monde, certains sont grandement favorisés par la fortune, tandis que d’autres le sont moins. Certains naissent dans des familles tenues pour basses ou déshonorées, et d’autres naissent dans des lignées nobles.»

Word by Word

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महाभाग्याः: very fortunate
• महाभाग्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मन्दभाग्याः: of little fortune, unfortunate
• मन्दभाग्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्दभाग्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: likewise, similarly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अकुलीनाः: low-born, not of a good family
• अकुलीनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकुलीन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कुलीनाः: well-born, of noble family
• कुलीनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुलीन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तथा: likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahēśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the observable diversity of human conditions—fortune and birth-status vary widely—setting up an ethical reflection that social standing and worldly luck are not uniform and should not be treated as the sole measure of worth.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maheshvara is speaking in Anushasana Parva, describing how people in the world differ: some are highly fortunate, others less so; some are born in low-status families, others in noble families—introducing a discussion on the moral meaning of such differences.