Shloka 2

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

Devanagari script

त्वं मां यथावद्‌ विदुर प्रशाधि प्रज्ञापूर्व सर्वमजातशत्रो: | यन्मन्यसे पथ्यमदीनसत्त्व श्रेयस्करं ब्रूहि तद्‌ वै कुरूणाम्‌

Transliteration

tvaṁ māṁ yathāvad vidura praśādhi prajñāpūrvaṁ sarvam ajātaśatroḥ | yan manyase pathyam adīnasattva śreyaskaraṁ brūhi tad vai kurūṇām | udāracitta vidura |

Translation

“โอ้วิดูระผู้มีใจสูงส่ง จงสั่งสอนข้าพเจ้าให้ถูกต้องโดยอาศัยปรีชาญาณของเจ้า บอกทุกสิ่งที่เจ้าถือว่าเป็นประโยชน์แก่ ‘อชาตศัตรู’ (ยุธิษฐิระ) และเป็นสิริมงคลแก่เหล่ากุรุ จงกล่าวสิ่งที่นำไปสู่ความเกษมสูงสุดเถิด”

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यथावत्: properly, as is right
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत्

• विदुर: O Vidura
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रशाधि: instruct, advise, direct
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-शास्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रज्ञा-पूर्वम्: with wisdom first; thoughtfully
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रज्ञा-पूर्व

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अजातशत्रोः: of Ajātaśatru (Yudhiṣṭhira), 'one whose enemy is not born'
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजातशत्रु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• यत्: whatever (which thing)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मन्यसे: you think, consider
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

• पथ्यम्: wholesome, beneficial, proper
• पथ्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पथ्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अदीनसत्त्व: O one of undepressed spirit
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदीनसत्त्व
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• श्रेयस्करम्: bringing welfare; better; beneficial
• श्रेयस्करम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेयस्कर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रूहि: tell, speak
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• कुरूणाम्: of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• उदारचित्त: O noble-minded one
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदारचित्त
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विदुर: O Vidura
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Vidura
• Ajātaśatru (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Kurus (Kauravas/Kuru lineage)