Shloka 496

अध्याय ९ — धृतराष्ट्रस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति राजनित्युपदेशः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Counsel on Royal Policy to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

कुरु कार्याणि धर्म्याणि नमस्ते पुरुषर्षभ । “अत: पुरुषप्रवर महाराज! आप युधिष्ठिरकी ओरसे अपने मानसिक दुःखको हटाकर धार्मिक कार्योंके अनुष्ठानममें लग जाइये। आपको समस्त प्रजाका नमस्कार है”

Transliteration

kuru kāryāṇi dharmyāṇi namas te puruṣarṣabha |

Translation

دھرم کے مطابق کام کیجیے؛ آپ کو سلام، اے مردوں میں برتر۔ پس اے مہاراج، یُدھشٹھِر کی طرف سے دل کا غم دور کر کے دینی فرائض کے انُشٹھان میں لگ جائیے؛ ساری رعایا آپ کو نمسکار کرتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• कुरु: do / perform
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• कार्याणि: deeds; tasks
• कार्याणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• धर्म्याणि: righteous; in accordance with dharma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• नमः: salutation; homage
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, dative, singular

• पुरुषर्षभ: O bull among men; best of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषर्षभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• puruṣarṣabha (honorific for the addressed king/hero)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid mental sorrow, one should return to dharmic duties; righteous action and responsibility are presented as the proper ethical response rather than withdrawal into grief.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates a respectful exhortation addressed to a foremost man/king, urging him to undertake righteous works and offering salutations—reflecting counsel given in the aftermath of suffering and royal responsibility.