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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 |

نارد نے کہا—اے کُنتی کے بیٹے! کیا تم دوا کے استعمال یا پابندانہ پرہیز و نظم کے ذریعے جسمانی تکلیفوں کو ہمیشہ دور رکھتے ہو؟ اور کیا بزرگوں کی خدمت کی صورت میں نیک صحبت کے ذریعے ذہنی کرب کو بھی برابر مٹا دیتے ہو؟

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.