Shloka 10

धर्मसूक्ष्मे त्यागप्रधान्यविचारः

Subtle Dharma and the Primacy of Renunciation

Devanagari script

यस्त्वेतन्मन्यसे पार्थ न ज्यायो5स्ति धनादिति । तत्र ते वर्तयिष्यामि यथा नैतत्‌ प्रधानतः

Transliteration

yas tv etan manyase pārtha na jyāyo 'sti dhanād iti | tatra te vartayiṣyāmi yathā naitat pradhānataḥ ||

Translation

若汝，哦帕尔塔，执此见解：以为无物胜于财富；则我将为汝开示，使汝明白：财富实非最高之本原。

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• एतत्: this (view/point)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मन्यसे: you think/consider
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

• पार्थ: O Partha (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• ज्यायः: greater/superior
• ज्यायः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्यायस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अस्ति: is/exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धनात्: than wealth/from wealth
• धनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• तत्र: therein/in that matter
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• वर्तयिष्यामि: I will explain/tell (make you proceed in understanding)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (वर्तयति)
• Form: Simple Future, First, Singular, Parasmaipada, Causative

• यथा: so that/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

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

• एतत्: this (wealth/thing)
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• प्रधानतः: as the chief/primarily
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रधानतस्

• कुन्तीनन्दन: O son of Kunti
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुन्ती-नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Kuntīnandana (son of Kuntī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse challenges the belief that wealth is the highest good. Yudhiṣṭhira signals a dharmic reordering of values: material prosperity is useful but not ultimate; ethical principle and right discernment are higher.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Pārtha (Arjuna), responding to the notion that nothing surpasses wealth. He prepares to instruct him with reasoning and examples to show that wealth is not the primary or supreme aim.