Shloka 16

Devanagari script

अस्मिन्नपि महारण्ये विजने दस्युसेविते । राष्ट्रादपेत्य वसतो धर्मस्ते नावसीदति,आप राज्यसे निकलकर लुटेरोंद्वारा सेवित इस निर्जन महावनमें निवास कर रहे हैं, तो भी आपका धर्मकार्य कभी शिथिल नहीं हुआ है

Transliteration

asminn api mahāraṇye vijane dasyusevite | rāṣṭrād apetya vasato dharmas te nāvasīdati ||

Translation

即便在这片广袤森林之中——荒寂无人，盗贼出没——纵然你被逐出国土而居于此，你对达摩的奉行也未曾有丝毫懈怠。

Word by Word

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• महा: great
• महा: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अरण्ये: in the forest
• अरण्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरण्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विजने: in a lonely/deserted (place)
• विजने: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दस्यु-सेविते: frequented/inhabited by robbers
• दस्यु-सेविते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दस्यु-सेवित
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राष्ट्रात्: from the kingdom
• राष्ट्रात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• अपेत्य: having gone away/departed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप-इ (अप + इ)
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), Parasmaipada (usage)

• वसतः: of you (who are) dwelling
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• धर्मः: dharma/righteous conduct
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: your/of you
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

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

• अवसीदति: sinks/declines/becomes slack
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-सद्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• forest (mahāraṇya)
• kingdom (rāṣṭra)
• bandits (dasyu)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is not dependent on comfort, power, or place; even when deprived of kingdom and living amid danger, one should remain steady in righteous conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses his interlocutor with admiration, noting that despite exile from the kingdom and residence in a desolate forest frequented by bandits, the person’s dharma-practice has not diminished.