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Shloka 111

Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ

Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics

कच्चित्‌ ते सफला वेदा: कच्चित्‌ ते सफलं धनम्‌ । कच्चित्‌ ते सफला दारा: कच्चित्‌ ते सफलं श्रुतम्‌

kaccit te saphalā vedāḥ kaccit te saphalaṃ dhanam | kaccit te saphalā dārāḥ kaccit te saphalaṃ śrutam ||

នារ​ទៈ បានមានពាក្យថា៖ «តើវេទៈរបស់អ្នកបានផ្តល់ផលពិតឬ? តើទ្រព្យសម្បត្តិរបស់អ្នកត្រូវបានប្រើប្រាស់ឲ្យមានតម្លៃឬ? តើជីវិតគ្រួសារ និងភរិយារបស់អ្នកមានផលល្អឬ? ហើយតើចំណេះដឹងដែលអ្នកបានស្តាប់ និងសិក្សា មានប្រសិទ្ធិភាពឬ?»

कच्चित्whether? (I hope/indeed?)
कच्चित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकच्चित्
तेyour
ते:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Formany, genitive, singular
सफलाःfruitful, successful
सफलाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसफल
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
वेदाःVedas
वेदाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवेद
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
कच्चित्whether? (I hope/indeed?)
कच्चित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकच्चित्
तेyour
ते:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Formany, genitive, singular
सफलम्fruitful, successful
सफलम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसफल
Formneuter, nominative, singular
धनम्wealth
धनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधन
Formneuter, nominative, singular
कच्चित्whether? (I hope/indeed?)
कच्चित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकच्चित्
तेyour
ते:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Formany, genitive, singular
सफलाःfruitful, successful
सफलाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसफल
Formfeminine, nominative, plural
दाराःwife/wives (spouse)
दाराः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदार
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
कच्चित्whether? (I hope/indeed?)
कच्चित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकच्चित्
तेyour
ते:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Formany, genitive, singular
सफलम्fruitful, successful
सफलम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसफल
Formneuter, nominative, singular
श्रुतम्learning, what is heard (scriptural knowledge)
श्रुतम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootश्रुत
Formneuter, nominative, singular

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
V
Vedas
W
wealth (dhanam)
W
wife/household (dārāḥ)
L
learning/scriptural knowledge (śrutam)

Educational Q&A

That the true measure of Veda-study, wealth, marriage/household life, and learning is their ‘fruit’—their dharmic outcome in conduct, generosity, restraint, and right living—rather than mere possession or status.

Nārada addresses the listener with a traditional set of probing ‘kaccit’ questions, assessing whether the person’s key life-pillars—sacred knowledge, resources, domestic life, and education—are being properly fulfilled and yielding righteous results.