Shloka 17

युधिष्ठिरकृष्णसंवादः — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Appeal and Kṛṣṇa’s Assurance

Droṇa-parva, Adhyāya 59

Devanagari script

अधर्मरुचयो लुब्धा मूर्खा वा नाभवंस्तदा

Transliteration

adharmarucayo lubdhā mūrkhā vā nābhavaṃs tadā

Translation

Nārada berkata: “Pada masa itu tidak ada seorang pun yang menyukai adharma—tidak yang tamak, tidak pula yang bodoh.”

Word by Word

अधर्मरुचयःthose having taste for adharma (unrighteousness)

लुब्धाःgreedy

मूर्खाःfoolish

वाor

नnot

अभवन्were / became

तदाthen

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A society or moment aligned with dharma is marked by the absence (or restraint) of tendencies that relish adharma—especially greed and foolishness, which commonly drive unethical action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is describing a particular time as morally sound: he characterizes it by stating that people inclined toward unrighteousness—specifically the greedy and the foolish—were not present or did not prevail then.