Mahabharata 3.2.73 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 2, Shloka 73

ब्राह्मणानुयात्रा—शौनकोपदेशः

Brāhmaṇas Follow into Exile and Śaunaka’s Instruction

Devanagari script

अबुधानां गतिस्त्वेषा बुधानामपि मे शृणु । ये धर्मे श्रेयसि रता विमोक्षरतयो जना:

Translation

Таков путь неразумных. Теперь же выслушай от меня путь мудрых: те, кто предан дхарме, ведущей к высшему благу, и кто непрестанно устремлён к мокше — освобождению, те и зовутся людьми рассудительными.

Word by Word

• अबुधानाम्: of the unwise
• अबुधानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अबुध
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• गतिः: course/destiny
• गतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• एषा: this
• एषा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• बुधानाम्: of the wise
• बुधानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• मे: of me / from me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• शृणु: hear (you)!
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• धर्मे: in dharma
• धर्मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• श्रेयसि: in the highest good
• श्रेयसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रताः: devoted/engaged
• रताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विमोक्षरतयः: delighting in liberation
• विमोक्षरतयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमोक्ष-रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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