Shloka 7

युधिष्ठिरस्य द्यूते द्रव्यवर्णनम्

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Enumeration of Stakes in the Dice Match

Devanagari script

अव्यापार: परार्थेषु नित्योद्योग: स्वकर्मसु । रक्षणं समुपात्तानामेतद्‌ वैभवलक्षणम्‌

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | avyāpāraḥ parārtheṣu nityodyogaḥ svakarmasu | rakṣaṇaṃ samupāttānām etad vaibhavalakṣaṇam ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra berkata—“Tidak mencampuri urusan orang lain, senantiasa tekun dalam tugas yang menjadi kewajiban sendiri, dan menjaga apa yang telah diperoleh dengan benar—itulah tanda-tanda kemakmuran dan kekuasaan sejati.”

Word by Word

• अव्यापारः: non-interference / absence of meddling
• अव्यापारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अव्यापार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परार्थेषु: in others' affairs/objects
• परार्थेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• नित्य: constant
• नित्य: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उद्योगः: effort / diligence
• उद्योगः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्योग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वकर्मसु: in one's own duties/works
• स्वकर्मसु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वकर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• रक्षणम्: protection
• रक्षणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• समुपात्तानाम्: of those acquired/obtained
• समुपात्तानाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-उप-आ-दा (समुपात्त)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• भव: prosperity / power / greatness
• भव: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• लक्षणम्: mark / characteristic
• लक्षणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्षण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

घतरयाट्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra