Shloka 21

Devanagari script

नैतदन्ये करिष्यन्ति भविष्या वसुधाधिपा:

Transliteration

naitad anye kariṣyanti bhaviṣyā vasudhādhipāḥ

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira berkata: “Para pemerintah bumi pada masa hadapan tidak akan melakukan hal ini.”

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• etat: this
• etat: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: etad
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• anye: others
• anye: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• kariṣyanti: will do
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ
• Form: simple future (luṭ), third, plural, parasmaipada

• bhaviṣyāḥ: future (ones), to be in the future
• bhaviṣyāḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhaviṣya
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• vasudhādhipāḥ: lords of the earth, kings
• vasudhādhipāḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasudhā-adhipa
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

युधिष्ठिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• future rulers (vasudhādhipāḥ)
• earth (vasudhā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Yudhiṣṭhira frames a particular act as exceptionally rare, implying that true dharmic conduct and exemplary royal action are difficult to sustain across generations; ethical greatness is not guaranteed by power or succession.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Ashvamedhika context, Yudhiṣṭhira speaks reflectively about kingship and precedent, remarking that what is being done in the present situation is so extraordinary that later rulers of the earth are unlikely to replicate it.