Shloka 50

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच स्वाध्याय एपषां देवत्वं तप एषां सतामिव । मरणं मानुषो भाव: परिवादोडसतामिव

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | svādhyāya eṣāṃ devatvaṃ tapa eṣāṃ satām iva | maraṇaṃ mānuṣo bhāvaḥ parivādo ’satām iva ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira đáp: “Với các Bà-la-môn ấy, chính sự tự học và tụng đọc Veda một cách nghiêm cẩn (svādhyāya) là thần tính. Với bậc hiền thiện, khổ hạnh (tapas) là nếp sống của họ. Chết là phận người; còn buông lời phỉ báng là thói của kẻ ác.”

Word by Word

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

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• स्वाध्यायः: study/recitation of the Veda
• स्वाध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वाध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एषाम्: of these (people)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• देवत्वम्: divinity, godhood
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवत्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एषाम्: of these (people)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• सताम्: of the good/virtuous
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• मरणम्: death, dying
• मरणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मानुषः: human
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भावः: nature, state, disposition
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परिवादः: censure, slander
• परिवादः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिवाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असताम्: of the wicked/non-virtuous
• Type: Noun
• Root: असत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira