Shloka 85

Adhyaya 32: Saṃjaya’s Return, Audience with Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and Ethical Admonition

Devanagari script

प्रमदा: कामयानेषु यजमानेषु याजका: । राजा विवदमानेषु नित्यं॑ मूर्खेषु पण्डिता:

Transliteration

pramadāḥ kāmayāneṣu yajamāneṣu yājakāḥ | rājā vivadamāneṣu nityaṁ mūrkheṣu paṇḍitāḥ ||

Translation

毗度罗说：世间常有此等景象——为欲所驱者身旁常见女子；行祭者周围常聚祭司；争讼者之间常引来君王；而智者常在愚人之中——或为教诲，或为约束，或为其愚昧所试。此偈指出：智慧往往须在纷乱与无明之中施行其用。

Word by Word

• प्रमदाः: women
• प्रमदाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमदा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• कामयानेषु: among the lustful/desirous men
• कामयानेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कामयान
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• यजमानेषु: among sacrificers (patrons of sacrifice)
• यजमानेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजमान
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• याजकाः: priests/officiants
• याजकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: याजक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजा: a king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विवदमानेषु: among those who are disputing/quarrelling
• विवदमानेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवदमान
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• मूर्खेषु: among fools
• मूर्खेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्ख
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• पण्डिताः: learned men/wise people
• पण्डिताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पण्डित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• king (rājā)
• priests (yājakāḥ)
• sacrificers (yajamāna)
• learned men (paṇḍita)
• fools (mūrkha)
• women (pramadā)