Shloka 12

अग्राह्य-ज्ञातिसंबन्धमण्डल-विवेचनम् / Managing Unreadable Kinship Networks: Vāsudeva–Nārada on Cohesion

Devanagari script

ममैवं क्लिश्यमानस्य नारदोभयत: सदा । वक्तुमरहसि यच्छेयो ज्ञातीनामात्मनस्तथा

Transliteration

mamaivaṁ kliśyamānasya nāradobhayataḥ sadā | vaktum arhasi yac chreyo jñātīnām ātmanas tathā ||

Translation

我如今如此困苦忧迫，噢纳罗陀——四面受逼，时时受扰——你当告我何者才是真正的上策：既为我族人，亦为我自身。

Word by Word

• मम: of me / my
• मम: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, षष्ठी, एकवचन

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

• क्लिश्यमानस्य: of (me) who am being afflicted / distressed
• क्लिश्यमानस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्लिश्
• Form: शानच् (वर्तमान कृदन्त, आत्मनेपद-प्रयोग), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• नारद: O Narada
• नारद: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• उभयतः: from both sides / in both ways
• उभयतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उभयतः

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• वक्तुम्: to speak / to tell
• वक्तुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

• अर्हसि: you ought / you are fit
• अर्हसि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), मध्यम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• श्रेयः: the better / welfare
• श्रेयः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ज्ञातीनाम्: of (my) kinsmen
• ज्ञातीनाम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञाति
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• आत्मनः: of myself
• आत्मनः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise / also
• तथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)
• नारद (Nārada)
• ज्ञाति (kinsmen/relatives)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In times of pervasive distress, one should seek guidance oriented toward śreyas—true, lasting welfare—balancing responsibility to one’s kin with one’s own ethical and spiritual good.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva, feeling afflicted on all sides, addresses the sage Nārada and requests clear counsel about what course of action would be most beneficial both for his relatives and for himself.