Shloka 4

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

Devanagari script

तत्र धर्म्या: कथास्तात चक्रुस्ते परमर्षय: । रमयन्तो महात्मानं धृतराष्ट्र जनाधिपम्‌

Transliteration

tatra dharmyāḥ kathās tāta cakrus te paramarṣayaḥ | ramayanto mahātmānaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ janādhipam ||

Translation

Wahai anakku, di sana para resi agung itu bertukar kisah yang berlandaskan dharma, menyenangkan hati sang penguasa, Raja Dhṛtarāṣṭra yang berhati mulia, serta menenteramkannya.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र
• Form: indeclinable (locative adverb)

• धर्म्याः: righteous
• धर्म्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म्य
• Form: feminine, nominative plural

• कथाः: stories, talks
• कथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा
• Form: feminine, nominative plural

• तात: O dear (sir/son)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: masculine, vocative singular

• चक्रुः: they did / they held (made)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: perfect, 3rd person plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative plural

• परमर्षयः: the great sages
• परमर्षयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमर्षि
• Form: masculine, nominative plural

• रमयन्तः: delighting, pleasing
• रमयन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: रमयत्
• Form: present active participle, masculine nominative plural

• महात्मानम्: the great-souled one
• महात्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: masculine, accusative singular

• धृतराष्ट्र: Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धृतराष्ट्र: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: masculine, accusative singular (as a proper name; optionally read as vocative in some recensions)

• जनाधिपम्: the lord of people (king)
• जनाधिपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनाधिप
• Form: masculine, accusative singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• paramarṣayaḥ (supreme sages)