Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

ऋद्धा सा सर्वतो जज्ञे तृणीषधिसमन्विता । धर्मोत्तरा नष्टभया भूमिरासीत्‌ ततो नृप

Transliteration

ṛddhā sā sarvato jajñe tṛṇīṣadhi-samanvitā | dharmottarā naṣṭabhayā bhūmir āsīt tato nṛpa ||

Translation

大王啊！因迦叶波入于其中，大地较前更为丰饶。四方草木与药草繁茂滋生。正法渐次增长，恐惧亦随之消灭。

Word by Word

• ऋद्धा: prosperous, enriched
• ऋद्धा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सा: she/that (earth)
• सा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वतः: on all sides, everywhere
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)

• जज्ञे: became, came to be
• जज्ञे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• तृणि: grasses
• तृणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• ओषधि: herbs, plants
• ओषधि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• समन्विता: endowed with, accompanied by
• समन्विता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अन्वि + क्त (समन्वित- प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्म: dharma, righteousness
• धर्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उत्तरा: higher, increasing (more and more)
• उत्तरा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नष्ट: destroyed, gone
• नष्ट: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नश् + क्त (नष्ट- प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भया: fear
• भया: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भूमिः: the earth
• भूमिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• nṛpa (king)
• bhūmi (the earth/realm)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links righteous order (dharma) with tangible well-being: when dharma rises, the realm becomes fertile and secure, and fear diminishes. Ethical governance is portrayed as the cause of both prosperity and public safety.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna describes the condition of the earth after a significant change brought about by certain persons' arrival/entry (implied by the surrounding context): the land becomes more abundant in vegetation and herbs, dharma steadily increases, and the atmosphere of fear disappears.