Shloka 34

Ārjava, Satya, and the Virocana–Sudhanvan Exemplum

Udyoga-parva 35

Devanagari script

तृणानि भूमिरुदकं वाक्‌ चतुर्थी च सूनूता । सतामेतानि गेहेषु नोच्छिद्यन्ते कदाचन,तृणका आसन, पृथ्वी, जल और चौथी मीठी वाणी--सज्जनोंके घरमें इन चार चीजोंकी कभी कमी नहीं होती

Transliteration

tṛṇāni bhūmir udakaṃ vāk caturthī ca sūnṛtā | satām etāni geheṣu nocchidyante kadācana ||

Translation

तृणानि भूमिरुदकं वाक् चतुर्थी च सूनृता। सतामेतानि गेहेषु नोच्छिद्यन्ते कदाचन॥

Word by Word

तृणानिgrass (blades of grass)

भूमिःearth/ground

उदकम्water

वाक्speech/word

चतुर्थीthe fourth

चand

सूनूताkindness/gentleness (pleasantness)

सताम्of the good/virtuous people

एतानिthese

गेहेषुin (their) houses

नnot

उच्छिद्यन्तेare cut off/come to an end

कदाचनever/at any time

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

grass (tṛṇa)

earth/ground (bhūmi)

water (udaka)

sweet truthful speech (sūnṛtā-vāk)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes