Shloka 38

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

Devanagari script

एवं कथाभिरन्वास्य धृतराष्ट्रं मनीषिण: । विप्रजग्मुर्यथाकामं ते सिद्धगतिमास्थिता:

Transliteration

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

Translation

ଏଭଳି ମନୀଷୀ ମହର୍ଷିମାନେ ଉପଦେଶମୟ କଥାଦ୍ୱାରା ଧୃତରାଷ୍ଟ୍ରଙ୍କୁ ସାନ୍ତ୍ୱନା ଦେଇ ସନ୍ତୁଷ୍ଟ କଲେ; ସିଦ୍ଧଗତିକୁ ଆଶ୍ରୟ କରି ସେମାନେ ଇଚ୍ଛାନୁସାରେ ବିଭିନ୍ନ ସ୍ଥାନକୁ ପ୍ରସ୍ଥାନ କଲେ।

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)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Wise counsel—especially in the form of dharmic narratives—can pacify sorrow and reorient a person toward steadiness and renunciation; the sages exemplify detachment by departing freely after fulfilling their compassionate duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

After speaking consoling and instructive stories to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the assembled sages, established in a perfected spiritual course (siddha-gati), leave and go their separate ways according to their own will.