Shloka 14

Adhyaya 32: Saṃjaya’s Return, Audience with Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and Ethical Admonition

Devanagari script

कच्चिदेतैर्महादोषैर्न स्पृष्टोडसि नराधिप । कच्चिच्च परवित्तेषु गृध्यन्‌ न परितप्यसे,नरेन्द्र! कहीं आपका भी इन महान्‌ दोषोंसे सम्पर्क तो नहीं हो गया है? कहीं पराये धनके लोभसे तो आप वष्ट नहीं पा रहे हैं?

Transliteration

kaccid etair mahādoṣair na spṛṣṭo 'si narādhipa | kaccic ca paravitteṣu gṛdhyan na paritapyase narendra ||

Translation

વિદુર બોલ્યા—હે નરાધિપ! શું આ મહાદોષો તમને સ્પર્શ્યા નથી? અને પરધન પ્રત્યે લાલચ રાખીને તમે અંદરથી તપતા તો નથી ને?

Word by Word

• कच्चित्: whether (I wonder), is it the case that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित्

• एतैः: by these
• एतैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, plural

• महादोषैः: by great faults
• महादोषैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादोष
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• स्पृष्टः: touched, afflicted
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), masculine, nominative, singular

• असि: you are
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: present indicative, 2nd, singular

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• कच्चित्: whether (I wonder)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित्

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

• परवित्तेषु: in others' wealth
• परवित्तेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परवित्त
• Form: neuter, locative, plural

• गृध्यन्: being greedy, coveting
• Type: Verb
• Root: गृध्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• परितप्यसे: you suffer, are tormented
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-तप्
• Form: present indicative (ātmanepada), 2nd, singular

• नरेन्द्र: O king (Indra among men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेन्द्र
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• narādhipa (the king addressed, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra in context)