Shloka 6

Devanagari script

पराशर उवाच धर्म एव कृत: श्रेयानिह लोके परत्र च । तस्माद्धि परम नास्ति यथा प्राहुर्मनीषिण:

Transliteration

parāśara uvāca | dharma eva kṛtaḥ śreyān iha loke paratra ca | tasmād dhi parama nāsti yathā prāhur manīṣiṇaḥ ||

Translation

Parāśara disse: “Somente o dharma, quando de fato praticado, é o bem supremo—neste mundo e no além. Portanto nada lhe é superior, como declararam os sábios.”

Word by Word

• पराशरः: Parāśara
• पराशरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराशर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धर्मः: dharma; righteousness
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed; alone
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• कृतः: done; practiced
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रेयान्: better; more beneficial
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेयस्
• Form: Comparative, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इह: here; in this world
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• परत्र: in the other world; hereafter
• परत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परत्र

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

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

• परम्: higher; greater (thing)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• अस्ति: is; exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यथा: as; just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• प्राहुः: they said; they declare
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अह्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• मनीषिणः: the wise (men)
• मनीषिणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनीषिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• पराशर (Parāśara)
• धर्म (Dharma)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That dharma, when genuinely practiced (not merely discussed), is the highest good and has value both for worldly well-being and for the hereafter; nothing surpasses it.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, the sage Parāśara delivers a concise instruction, affirming the supremacy of dharma as endorsed by wise authorities.