Shloka 5

धृतराष्ट्र-सेवा, राज्य-कार्य-विभागः

Service to Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Allocation of State Duties

Devanagari script

“महाराज धृतराष्ट्र मेरे पिता (ताऊ) और श्रेष्ठ देवता हैं। जो लोग मेरा प्रिय करना चाहते हों उन्हें सदा उनकी आज्ञाके पालन तथा हित-साधनमें लगे रहना चाहिये ।।

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | mahārāja dhṛtarāṣṭro me pitā (tāu) ca śreṣṭha-devatā ca | ye janā mama priyaṃ kartum iccheyuḥ te sadā tasya ājñā-pālane hita-sādhane ca yuktā bhaveyuḥ || etad-arthaṃ hi jīvāmi kṛtvā jñāti-vadhaṃ mahat | asya śuśrūṣaṇaṃ kāryaṃ mayā nityam atandriṇā ||

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပါယနက ပြောသည်– «ဘုရင် ဓြတရာရှ္ဋြ သည် ငါ့အတွက် အဖ (အဖဘက်အကြီးအကဲ၊ ဦးတော်ကဲ့သို့) လည်းဖြစ်၊ ကိုးကွယ်ထိုက်သော နတ်တော်ကဲ့သို့လည်းဖြစ်၏။ ငါ့ကို နှစ်သက်စေလိုသူ မည်သူမဆို အမြဲတမ်း သူ၏ အမိန့်ကို လိုက်နာ၍ သူ၏ အကျိုးစီးပွား၊ ချမ်းသာရေးကို မြှင့်တင်ရန် အားထုတ်ရမည်။ အမှန်တကယ်ပင် မိမိဆွေမျိုးသားချင်းတို့ကို အလွန်ကြီးမားစွာ သတ်ဖြတ်စေခဲ့ပြီးနောက် ငါသည် ဤရည်ရွယ်ချက်တစ်ခုတည်းအတွက်သာ ယခုအသက်ရှင်နေ၏။ ထို့ကြောင့် ငါသည် မပျင်းမနား၊ မလျော့မရဲဘဲ သူ့ကို အမြဲတမ်း ဝန်ထမ်းပြုစုစောင့်ရှောက်ရမည်»

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (thing/purpose)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अर्थम्: purpose
• अर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• जीवामि: I live
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कृत्वा: having done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Active

• ज्ञाति-वधम्: slaughter of kinsmen
• ज्ञाति-वधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञाति-वध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महत्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अस्य: of him/this (king)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शुश्रूषणम्: service/attendance
• शुश्रूषणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुश्रूषण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कार्यम्: to be done/necessary
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• अतन्द्रिणा: without laziness, vigilant
• अतन्द्रिणा: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतन्द्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames dharma after catastrophe: having participated in the destruction of one’s own kin, one must take responsibility through vigilant service, obedience, and active welfare of the elder/king regarded as a father-figure and highest authority.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Vaiśampāyana’s narration, a speaker declares that Dhṛtarāṣṭra is like a father and worthy of reverence; therefore, anyone wishing to please the speaker should obey Dhṛtarāṣṭra and work for his good. The speaker emphasizes living on specifically to serve Dhṛtarāṣṭra after the immense kinsmen-slaying of the war.