Shloka 40

राज्ञोऽभिषेकः, अराजकदोषः, दण्डधारणस्य आवश्यकता

Royal Consecration, the Fault of Kinglessness, and the Necessity of Enforcement

Devanagari script

वेदाध्ययनशीलानां विप्राणां साधुकर्मणाम्‌ । पालने यत्नमातिष्ठ सर्वलोकस्य चैव ह,युधिष्ठिर! तुम वेदाध्ययनमें संलग्न रहनेवाले, सत्कर्मपरायण ब्राह्मणों तथा अन्य सब लोगोंके पालन-पोषणका प्रयत्न करो

Transliteration

vedādhyayanaśīlānāṁ viprāṇāṁ sādhukarmaṇām | pālane yatnam ātiṣṭha sarvalokasya caiva ha, yudhiṣṭhira ||

Translation

యుధిష్ఠిరా! వేదాధ్యయనంలో నిమగ్నులై సత్కర్మాలలో స్థిరమైన బ్రాహ్మణులను, అలాగే సమస్త ప్రజలనూ, రక్షించి పోషించుటకు నీవు యత్నించు।

Word by Word

• वेदाध्ययनशीलानाम्: of those devoted to Veda-study
• वेदाध्ययनशीलानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेदाध्ययनशील
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• विप्राणाम्: of Brahmins
• विप्राणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• साधुकर्मणाम्: of those of good deeds
• साधुकर्मणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साधुकर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पालने: in (the matter of) protection/maintenance
• पालने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पालन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यत्नम्: effort
• यत्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आतिष्ठ: undertake; apply yourself
• आतिष्ठ: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वलोकस्य: of all people/the whole world
• सर्वलोकस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वलोक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

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

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• viprāḥ (Brahmins)
• sarvaloka (all people)