Shloka 35

Ārjava, Satya, and the Virocana–Sudhanvan Exemplum

Udyoga-parva 35

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत प्रजागयरपर्वमें विदुर-नीतिवाक्यविषयक पैतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

śraddhayā parayā rājan upanītāni satkṛtim | pravṛttāni mahāprājña dharmiṇāṃ puṇyakarmiṇām ||

Translation

Wahai Raja, persembahan ini—dibawa dengan श्रद्धा tertinggi—dihaturkan sebagai penghormatan; wahai yang maha bijaksana, demikianlah laku di rumah para dharmika yang menunaikan perbuatan mulia.

Word by Word

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• परया: great/supreme
• परया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• उपनीतानि: brought/presented
• उपनीतानि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-नी
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• सत्कृतिम्: honour/respect
• सत्कृतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्कृति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रवृत्तानि: set forth/put forward/offered
• प्रवृत्तानि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वृत्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• महाप्राज्ञ: O very wise one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाप्राज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• धर्मिणाम्: of the righteous
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पुण्यकर्मिणाम्: of those who do meritorious deeds
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्यकर्मिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Rājan (the King addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Vidura underscores that dharmic life is expressed through reverent, faith-filled conduct—especially honouring others through proper reception and offerings. Acts done with śraddhā and satkāra become markers of the righteous and generate puṇya.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vidura addresses the king and concludes a sequence of ethical instruction by describing how, in the households of virtuous people, offerings and honours are presented with deep faith as part of established righteous practice.