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Shloka 90

Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ

Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics

कच्चिच्छारीरमाबाधमौषधैर्नियमेन वा । मानसं वृद्धसेवाभि: सदा पार्थापकर्षसि,कुन्तीकुमार! क्या तुम ओषधिसेवन या पथ्य-भोजन आदि नियमोंके पालनद्वारा अपने शारीरिक कष्टको तथा वृद्ध पुरुषोंकी सेवारूप सत्संगद्वारा मानसिक संतापको सदा दूर करते रहते हो?

kaccic chārīram ābādham auṣadhair niyamena vā | mānasaṁ vṛddha-sevābhiḥ sadā pārthāpakarṣasi, kuntīkumāra |

นารทกล่าวว่า “โอรสแห่งกุนตี ท่านขจัดความเจ็บป่วยทางกายอยู่เสมอด้วยการใช้โอสถหรือด้วยระเบียบวินัยแห่งการครองตนหรือไม่? และท่านระงับความร้อนรุ่มทางใจด้วยอานิสงส์แห่งการปรนนิบัติผู้เฒ่าผู้แก่เป็นนิตย์หรือไม่?”

कच्चित्whether? (interrogative particle)
कच्चित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकच्चित्
शारीरम्bodily (pain/affliction) / physical
शारीरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशारीर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आबाधम्affliction, trouble
आबाधम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआबाध
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
औषधैःby medicines
औषधैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootऔषध
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
नियमेनby regimen/discipline
नियमेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootनियम
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
मानसम्mental (pain/affliction) / of the mind
मानसम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमानस
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वृद्धसेवाभिःby service to elders
वृद्धसेवाभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवृद्धसेवा
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Plural
सदाalways
सदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
पार्थO son of Pritha (Arjuna)
पार्थ:
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
अपकर्षसिdo you remove/drive away
अपकर्षसि:
TypeVerb
Rootअपकृष्
FormPresent, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
कुन्तीकुमारO son of Kunti
कुन्तीकुमार:
TypeNoun
Rootकुन्तीकुमार
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
K
Kuntī
P
Pārtha (a son of Kuntī / Pāṇḍava addressee)
E
elders (vṛddhāḥ)

Educational Q&A

A ruler (or disciplined person) should safeguard both body and mind: physical suffering is managed through proper remedies and regulated habits, while mental suffering is eased through sat-saṅga expressed here as humble service to elders—an ethical practice that cultivates steadiness, humility, and good judgment.

Nārada addresses a son of Kuntī (Pārtha), asking after his welfare in a pointed, dharma-oriented way: whether he is maintaining health through medicine and regimen, and maintaining mental balance through respectful association and service to venerable elders.