Shloka 6

च्यवन-कुशिक-संवादः

Cyavana–Kuśika Dialogue on Hospitality, Service, and Lineage Questions

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच षडपध्वंसजा: के स्यु: के वाप्पपसदास्तथा । एतत्‌ सर्व यथातत्त्वं व्याख्यातुं मे त्वमरहसि

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | ṣaḍ-apadhvaṃsajāḥ ke syuḥ ke vā apapasadās tathā | etat sarvaṃ yathātattvaṃ vyākhyātuṃ me tvam arhasi ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira thưa: “Thưa ông nội, sáu loại con gọi là apadhvaṃsaja là những ai? Và những ai lại được gọi là apapasada? Xin Người giải thích cho con tất cả điều ấy một cách đúng như thực, vì Người đủ thẩm quyền để làm vậy.”

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• षट्: six
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्
• Form: —, —, —

• अपध्वंसजाः: those born of (social) degradation; apadhvaṃsaja sons
• अपध्वंसजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपध्वंसज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• के: who? which?
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्युः: would be / are (to be understood as)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Optative, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• के: who? which?
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• अपसदाः: outcastes; degraded persons
• अपसदाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपसद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: and likewise / also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as / according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• तत्त्वम्: the true nature; reality
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• व्याख्यातुम्: to explain
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्याख्या (वि+आ+ख्या)
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• मे: to me / for me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

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

• अर्हसि: are able / ought / are fit
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames a dharma-oriented inquiry: Yudhiṣṭhira asks for a precise, truthful explanation of technical social-ethical categories (apadhvaṃsaja and apapasada), emphasizing that moral and legal judgments should be grounded in clear definitions rather than assumption.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the Anuśāsana Parva’s instructional dialogue, Yudhiṣṭhira requests an elder authority to clarify who is classified under certain disputed or technical categories of birth/status, preparing the ground for a detailed exposition on social norms and their ethical implications.