Shloka 22

Udyoga Parva Adhyāya 132 — Vidura’s Counsel on Udyama, Yaśas, and Kṣātra-Dharma

Devanagari script

यस्य वृत्तं न जल्पन्ति मानवा महदद्भुतम्‌

Transliteration

yasya vṛttaṃ na jalpanti mānavā mahad-adbhutam

Translation

ആളുടെ മഹത്തായ അത്ഭുതകരമായ ചര്യയെ മനുഷ്യർ ഒട്ടും പ്രസ്താവിക്കാതിരുന്നാൽ…

Word by Word

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वृत्तम्: conduct; story; deed
• वृत्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• जल्पन्ति: they speak; they chatter; they recount
• Type: Verb
• Root: जल्प्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• मानवाः: men; people
• मानवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महत्: great
• महत्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अद्भुतम्: wonderful; marvelous
• अद्भुतम्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyu)
• मानवाः (people/humankind)