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

ನಾರದನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಆ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಧರ್ಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಸಕ್ತಿಯುಳ್ಳವರು ಯಾರೂ ಇರಲಿಲ್ಲ; ಲೋಭಿಗಳೂ ಇರಲಿಲ್ಲ, ಮೂರ್ಖರೂ ಇರಲಿಲ್ಲ.

Word by Word

• अधर्मरुचयः: those having taste for adharma (unrighteousness)
• अधर्मरुचयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधर्मरुचि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• लुब्धाः: greedy
• लुब्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लुब्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मूर्खाः: foolish
• मूर्खाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्ख
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अभवन्: were / became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

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.