Shloka 21

Devanagari script

अगदं वो<चस्तु भद्रं वो द्रष्टास्मि पुनरागतान्‌ । आपरद्धर्मार्थकृच्छेषु सर्वकार्येषु वा पुन:

Transliteration

agadaṁ vo 'stu bhadraṁ vo draṣṭāsmi punarāgatān | āpaddharma-artha-kṛcchreṣu sarvakāryeṣu vā punaḥ ||

Translation

ବିଦୁର କହିଲେ— ତୁମମାନଙ୍କୁ କେବେ ରୋଗ ନ ହେଉ; ସଦା ମଙ୍ଗଳ ହେଉ। ତୁମେ ପୁନର୍ବାର ଫେରିଆସିଲେ ମୁଁ ତୁମମାନଙ୍କୁ ଆଉଥରେ ଦେଖିବି। ଆପଦ୍କାଳରେ, ଯେତେବେଳେ ଧର୍ମ ଓ ଅର୍ଥର ଦାବି କଠିନ ଓ ସଂଘର୍ଷପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ହୁଏ, ଏବଂ ସମସ୍ତ କାର୍ଯ୍ୟରେ ପୁନଃପୁନଃ—ନିଜର ସତ୍ୟ ଯଥୋଚିତ କର୍ତ୍ତବ୍ୟ ଅନୁସାରେ ଆଚରଣ କର।

Word by Word

• अगदम्: freedom from disease; health
• अगदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगद
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वः: to you (all)
• वः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Plural

• उचस्तु: I have said / I said
• उचस्तु: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भद्रम्: auspiciousness; welfare
• भद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वः: to you (all)
• वः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Plural

• द्रष्टास्मि: I shall see
• द्रष्टास्मि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Periphrastic Future, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• आगतान्: returned; come back
• आगतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• the Pāṇḍavas (addressed collectively)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Vidura blesses the exiles and stresses discernment of one’s proper duty, especially in emergencies where dharma and practical necessity (artha) come into tension; right action must be chosen repeatedly in every undertaking.

What is happening in the narrative?

As the Pāṇḍavas depart for the forest after the dice disaster, Vidura offers a farewell blessing and a final piece of guidance: remain steadfast in appropriate conduct during hardship and in all future affairs.