Shloka 48

Adhyāya 33 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Post-Conflict Remorse and Inquiry on Āśrama Discipline (शोक-विमर्शः, आश्रम-जिज्ञासा)

Devanagari script

अवाप्त: क्षत्रधर्मस्ते राज्यं प्राप्तमकण्टकम्‌ । रक्षस्व धर्म कौन्तेय श्रेयान्‌ यः प्रेत्य भारत

Transliteration

avāptaḥ kṣatradharmas te rājyaṃ prāptam akaṇṭakam | rakṣasva dharma kaunteya śreyān yaḥ pretya bhārata ||

Translation

毗耶娑说道：“昆蒂之子啊，你已尽了刹帝利之法，并得到了一个‘无荆棘’的王国——无有敌对阻碍。故而，婆罗多啊，当护持正法（Dharma）本身；因为此法乃更高之善，甚至在死后亦能带来安乐与福祉。”

Word by Word

• {'avāptaḥ': 'attained, accomplished', 'kṣatra-dharmaḥ': 'the duty/law of the warrior-ruler (kṣatriya), including protection and just governance', 'te': 'by you / your', 'rājyam': 'kingdom, sovereignty', 'prāptam': 'obtained, received', 'akaṇṭakam': 'without thorns

• unobstructed, free from enemies/impediments', 'rakṣasva': 'protect, preserve (imperative)', 'dharma': 'righteous order

• just conduct', 'kaunteya': 'son of Kuntī (address to Yudhiṣṭhira/Pāṇḍava)', 'śreyān': 'better, superior, conducive to true welfare', 'yaḥ': 'which/that (referring to dharma)', 'pretya': 'after death

• in the hereafter', 'bhārata': 'O descendant of Bharata (address to Yudhiṣṭhira)'}

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Kaunteya (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)
• rājya (the kingdom)