Shloka 38

Vidura’s Message to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: Authorization for Dāna and Public Welfare (विदुरवाक्यम्—दानानुज्ञा)

Devanagari script

एवं कथाभिरन्वास्य धृतराष्ट्रं मनीषिण: । विप्रजग्मुर्यथाकामं ते सिद्धगतिमास्थिता:,इस प्रकार वे मनीषी महर्षिगण अपनी कथाओंसे धृतराष्ट्रको संतुष्ट करके सिद्ध गतिका आश्रय ले इच्छानुसार विभिन्न स्थानोंको चले गये

Transliteration

evaṁ kathābhir anvāsya dhṛtarāṣṭraṁ manīṣiṇaḥ | viprajagmur yathākāmaṁ te siddhagatiṁ āsthitāḥ ||

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ດ້ວຍເລື່ອງລາວອັນເປັນຄໍາສອນ ບັນດາມະຫາຣິສີຜູ້ຮອບຮູ້ໄດ້ປອບໂລມພະຣາຊາ ທຣິຕະຣາສະຕຣະ ໃຫ້ສະຫງົບໃຈ; ແລ້ວພວກເຂົາ—ຜູ້ອາໄສຄະຕິອັນສົມບູນຂອງຜູ້ສໍາເລັດ (ສິດທະ)—ກໍຈາກໄປຕາມປາຖະໜາ ໄປຍັງສະຖານທີ່ຕ່າງໆ»។

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• कथाभिः: with stories/discourses
• कथाभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• अन्वास्य: having satisfied/pleased
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-आस्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), having satisfied/pleased (by attending upon)

• धृतराष्ट्रम्: Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धृतराष्ट्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मनीषिणः: the wise sages
• मनीषिणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनीषिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विप्रजग्मुः: departed/went away
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-प्र-गम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• यथाकामम्: as they wished/at will
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा-कामम्

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सिद्धगतिम्: the perfected course/state (siddha-destiny)
• सिद्धगतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धगति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आस्थिताः: having resorted to/attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• manīṣiṇaḥ (sages/ṛṣis)
• siddha-gati (state/path of the siddhas)