Shloka 28

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 34 — Vidura’s Counsel on Deliberation, Speech-Discipline, and Dharmic Kingship

Devanagari script

प्रह्माद उवाच पुत्र एको मम ब्रह्म॑ंस्त्वं च साक्षादिहास्थित: । तयोर्विवदतो: प्रश्न कथमस्मद्विधो वदेत्‌

Transliteration

Prahmāda uvāca: putra eko mama brahman tvaṁ ca sākṣād ihāsthitaḥ | tayor vivadatoḥ praśna katham asmad-vidho vadet ||

Translation

پرہلاد نے کہا—بیٹے! ایک طرف میرا اپنا بیٹا کھڑا ہے اور دوسری طرف تم خود بطورِ برہمن یہاں روبرو موجود ہو۔ جب ان دونوں میں جھگڑا ہو اور سوال اٹھے تو میرے جیسے آدمی کے لیے جواب دینا کیسے ممکن ہے؟

Word by Word

• प्रह्मादः: Prahmāda (proper name)
• प्रह्मादः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रह्माद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुत्र: O son
• पुत्र: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• एकः: one, single
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मम: of me, my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• ब्रह्मन्: Brahman (the Absolute / sacred power)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• साक्षात्: directly, manifestly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात्

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• अस्थितः: standing, present
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: क्त, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तयोः: of those two
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Genitive, Dual

• विवदतोः: of the two disputing/speaking against each other
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + वद्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Genitive, Dual

• प्रश्नः: the question
• प्रश्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रश्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कथम्: how
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• अस्मद्विधः: one like me (a person of my kind)
• अस्मद्विधः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्मद् + विध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वदेत्: should speak, could say
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद्
• Form: Optative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

प्रह्माद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• प्रह्माद (Prahmāda)
• पुत्र (son, addressed person)
• ब्रह्मन् (a Brahman/Brahmin addressed)