Shloka 9

Devanagari script

महाप्राज्ञकुले जात: साध्वेतत्‌ कर्तुमहसि

Transliteration

mahāprājñakule jātaḥ sādhv etat kartum arhasi

Translation

Vaiśampāyana disse: “Nascido numa linhagem de grande sabedoria, é próprio que empreendas este caminho de ação justa.”

Word by Word

• महाप्राज्ञकुले: in a family of great wisdom
• महाप्राज्ञकुले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाप्राज्ञकुल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जातः: born
• जातः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (जात)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• साधु: well; rightly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कर्तुम्: to do
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (कर्तुम्)
• Form: Infinitive (Tumun)

• अर्हसि: you ought; you are fit
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Noble birth is presented as a moral responsibility: one who comes from a wise and reputable lineage should choose what is sādhu—proper and righteous—and act accordingly.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Vaiśampāyana’s narration, a person is being urged to take up a commendable course of action, with the appeal grounded in their upbringing and the ethical expectations of a wise family line.