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Mahabharata
Sabhākriyā-parva (Nārada's Questions on the Duty of a King (Rājadharma))2.5.78–80
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Mahabharata · 2.5.78–80
॥
Devanāgarī

कच्चिद् दण्ड्येषु यमवत् पूज्येषु च विशां पते ॥
परीक्ष्य वर्तसे सम्यग् अप्रियेषु प्रियेषु च ॥
कच्चिच् छारीरम् आबाधम् औषधैर् नियमेन वा ॥
मानसं वृद्धसेवाभिः सदा पार्थापकर्षसि ॥
कच्चिद् वैद्याश् चिकित्सायाम् अष्टाङ्गायां विशारदाः ॥
सुहृदश् चानुरक्ताश् च शरीरे ते हिताः सदा ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

kaccid daṇḍyeṣu yamavat pūjyeṣu ca viśāṃ pate ||
parīkṣya vartase samyag apriyeṣu priyeṣu ca ||
kaccic chārīram ābādham auṣadhair niyamena vā ||
mānasaṃ vṛddhasevābhiḥ sadā pārthāpakarṣasi ||
kaccid vaidyāś cikitsāyām aṣṭāṅgāyāṃ viśāradāḥ ||
suhṛdaś cānuraktāś ca śarīre te hitāḥ sadā ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
कच्चित् दण्ड्येषु यम-वत् पूज्येषु च विशाम् पतेkaccit daṇḍyeṣu yama-vat pūjyeṣu ca viśām pateI hope that toward those deserving punishment you are like Yama, and toward those deserving honor, O lord of the people,
परीक्ष्य वर्तसे सम्यक् अप्रियेषु प्रियेषु चparīkṣya vartase samyak apriyeṣu priyeṣu cahaving tested them, you conduct yourself rightly—toward both the unpleasant and the pleasant;
कच्चित् शारीरम् आबाधम् औषधैः नियमेन वाkaccit śārīram ābādham auṣadhaiḥ niyamena vāI hope that bodily illness—by medicines or by restraint,
मानसम् वृद्ध-सेवाभिः सदा पार्थ अपकर्षसिmānasam vṛddha-sevābhiḥ sadā pārtha apakarṣasiand mental illness—by service to elders, you always remove, O Partha;
कच्चित् वैद्याः चिकित्सायाम् अष्ट-अङ्गायाम् विशारदाःkaccit vaidyāḥ cikitsāyām aṣṭa-aṅgāyām viśāradāḥI hope that physicians, skilled in the eightfold healing art,
सुहृदः च अनुरक्ताः च शरीरे ते हिताः सदाsuhṛdaḥ ca anuraktāḥ ca śarīre te hitāḥ sadāwell-disposed and devoted, always [tend] to your body for its good?
कच्चिद्kaccidoriginal form "kaccid", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यमवत्yamavatoriginal form "yamavat", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विशांviśāṃoriginal form "viśāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सम्यग्samyagoriginal form "samyag", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कच्चिच्kaccicoriginal form "kaccic", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
छारीरम्chārīramoriginal form "chārīram", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
औषधैर्auṣadhairoriginal form "auṣadhair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मानसंmānasaṃoriginal form "mānasaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वृद्धसेवाभिःvṛddhasevābhiḥoriginal form "vṛddhasevābhiḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पार्थापकर्षसिpārthāpakarṣasioriginal form "pārthāpakarṣasi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कच्चिद्kaccidoriginal form "kaccid", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वैद्याश्vaidyāśoriginal form "vaidyāś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अष्टाङ्गायांaṣṭāṅgāyāṃoriginal form "aṣṭāṅgāyāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सुहृदश्suhṛdaśoriginal form "suhṛdaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चानुरक्ताश्cānuraktāśoriginal form "cānuraktāś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation

"I hope that toward those deserving punishment you are [stern] like Yama, and toward those deserving honor [gracious], and that, having tested people, you conduct yourself rightly—with both the unpleasant and the pleasant, O lord of the people? I hope you always remove bodily illness by medicines or by restraint, and mental illness by service to elders, O Partha? I hope that physicians, skilled in the eightfold healing art, well-disposed and devoted, always tend to your body for its good?".

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