Shloka 13

ब्राह्मण–क्षत्रिय-श्रेष्ठता-विवादः

Arjuna–Vāyu Dialogue on Brāhmaṇa and Kṣatriya Precedence

Devanagari script

एवं तुष्टास्तत: सर्वे अधस्ताद्धारपीडिता: । श्रमं त॑ं नावबुध्यामो धारयन्तो वसुंधराम्‌

Transliteration

evaṃ tuṣṭās tataḥ sarve adhas tād dhārapīḍitāḥ | śramaṃ taṃ nāvabudhyāmo dhārayanto vasuṃdharām ||

Translation

于是我们众皆满足；虽自下方为重担所压，我们竟不觉其劳，尽管我们正承载着大地。

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• तुष्टाः: satisfied, pleased
• तुष्टाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अधस्तात्: below, from beneath
• अधस्तात्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधस्तात्

• धारापीडिताः: pressed/afflicted by the (water-)stream
• धारापीडिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धारापीडित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• श्रमम्: fatigue, exertion
• श्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अवबुध्यामः: we perceive/understand
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव√बुध्
• Form: Present, Indicative, First, Plural, Parasmaipada

• धारयन्तः: bearing, holding
• धारयन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धृ
• Form: Present active participle (Parasmaipada), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वसुंधराम्: the earth
• वसुंधराम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुंधरा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

रेणुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Reṇukā
• Vasundharā (Earth)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When one is inwardly content and aligned with duty, even heavy responsibility can feel light; satisfaction and steadiness of mind can make hardship less consciously felt.

What is happening in the narrative?

Reṇukā describes a group (speaking as ‘we’) who, though physically burdened from below while supporting the Earth, did not register the fatigue because they were collectively pleased and steady in their task.