Shloka 5

उद्योगपर्व — विदुरोक्तिः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra Addressed on Sincerity, Hospitality, and Settlement

Devanagari script

तस्मै पूजां प्रयोक्ष्यामि दाशार्हाय महात्मने । प्रत्यक्ष तव धर्मज्ञ तां मे कथयत: शृणु,धर्मज्ञ विदुर! मैं तुम्हारे सामने ही उन महात्मा श्रीकृष्णको जो पूजा दूँगा, उसे बताता हूँ, सुनो

Transliteration

tasmai pūjāṃ prayokṣyāmi dāśārhāya mahātmane | pratyakṣaṃ tava dharmajña tāṃ me kathayataḥ śṛṇu dharmajña vidura |

Translation

Sinabi ni Dhṛtarāṣṭra: “Mag-aalay ako ng pagsamba sa dakilang Dāśārha (Śrī Kṛṣṇa). O Vidura, nakakabatid ng dharma, makinig ka habang isinasalaysay ko—dito mismo sa iyong harapan—ang pagsambang balak kong ganapin.”

Word by Word

• {'tasmai': 'to him

• unto that person (dative singular)', 'pūjām': 'worship

• ceremonial reception', 'prayokṣyāmi': 'I shall perform/offer (future, 1st person singular)', 'dāśārhāya': 'to the Dāśārha

• an epithet of Kṛṣṇa (descendant of the Daśārha/Yādava line)', 'mahātmane': 'to the great-souled one

• noble person (dative singular)', 'pratyakṣam': 'directly

• before one’s eyes', 'tava': 'of you

• to you (addressing Vidura)', 'dharmajña': 'knower of dharma

• one skilled in righteousness and right conduct', 'tām': 'that (worship/act) (accusative singular feminine)', 'me': 'by me

• my', 'kathayataḥ': 'as (I am) telling/describing (present participle, genitive singular)', 'śṛṇu': 'listen (imperative, 2nd person singular)', 'vidura': 'Vidura (vocative)'}

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Vidura
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Dāśārha)