Shloka 24

Vidura’s Message to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: Authorization for Dāna and Public Welfare (विदुरवाक्यम्—दानानुज्ञा)

Devanagari script

अहो भगवता श्रद्धा कुरुराजस्य वर्धिता । सर्वस्य च जनस्यास्य मम चैव महाद्युते

Transliteration

aho bhagavatā śraddhā kururājasya vardhitā | sarvasya ca janasya asya mama caiva mahādyute ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana nói: “Thật kỳ diệu thay! Nhờ sự hiện diện cát tường của ngài, niềm tin của vua Dhṛtarāṣṭra xứ Kuru đã được củng cố; và cả niềm tin của toàn thể dân chúng tụ hội nơi đây, cùng cả của ta nữa, hỡi bậc rạng ngời đại quang.”

Word by Word

• अहो: ah!/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो

• भगवता: by the venerable one (you)
• भगवता: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रद्धा: faith
• श्रद्धा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कुरुराजस्य: of the Kuru-king
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुराज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वर्धिता: increased/augmented
• Type: Verb
• Root: वर्ध्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Feminine, Nominative, Singular, Passive/resultative

• सर्वस्य: of all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• जनस्य: of the people
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अस्य: of this (here/present)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• महाद्युते: O great-splendored one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाद्युति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Kururāja (Dhṛtarāṣṭra implied by context)
• mahādyuti (addressed venerable figure, likely a devarṣi/ascetic in context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True spiritual presence and disciplined conduct can strengthen śraddhā—reverent confidence in dharma and tapas—not only in a single seeker but in an entire community. The verse highlights faith as something that can be awakened and increased through contact with holiness and right example.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Āśramavāsika setting, an exalted ascetic/divine sage is being addressed. Vaiśaṃpāyana reports the speaker’s admiration that the sage has uplifted and intensified the faith of the Kuru king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra), the assembled people, and the speaker himself—signaling a collective moral-spiritual encouragement amid the forest-āśrama life.