Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 33 Shloka 24 - Mahabharata | Sanskrit | Vedapath

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Shloka 24

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय 33: धृतराष्ट्र-विदुर संवादः (विदुरनीतिः)

Devanagari script

जो राजा इस प्रकार प्रेमके साथ कोमल दृष्टिसे देखता है, मानो आँखोंसे पीना चाहता है, वह चुपचाप बैठा भी रहे, तो भी प्रजा उससे अनुराग रखती है ।।

Transliteration

yo rājā evaṃ prakāreṇa premṇā saha komala-dṛṣṭyā paśyati, yathā netrābhyāṃ pātum icchet; sa tūṣṇīṃ niṣaṇṇo 'pi prajābhiḥ anurāgaṃ labhate. supuṣpitaḥ syād aphalaḥ, phalitaḥ syād durāruhaḥ; apakvaḥ pakva-saṅkāśo na tu śīryeta kadācana. rājā vṛkṣa-vat su-puṣpito 'pi phala-śūnyaḥ syāt (ati-dātā na bhavet); yadi phalavān api syāt, tathāpi durāruhaḥ (agamyatāṃ rakṣet); apakvo 'pi pakva-saṅkāśaḥ svaṃ prakāśayet—evaṃ kṛtvā sa kadācana na vinaśyati.

Translation

सुपुष्पितः स्यादफलः फलितः स्याद्दुरारुहः । अपक्वः पक्वसंकाशो न तु शीर्येत कर्हिचित् ॥

Word by Word

सुपुष्पितःwell-flowered, in full bloom

स्यात्may be / should be

अफलःfruitless, without fruit

फलितःbearing fruit, fruitful

स्यात्may be / should be

दुरारुहःhard to climb/approach

अपक्वःunripe, immature

पक्वसंकाशःhaving the appearance of being ripe

नnot

तुbut, however

शीर्येतwould perish/decay/fall apart

कदाचित्ever, at any time

राजाking

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

rājā (the king)

prajā (the subjects/people)

vṛkṣa (tree)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

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