Shloka 15

Kāpavya-carita (कापव्यचरित) — Reforming Dasyus through Regulated Rāja-Dharma

Devanagari script

यथा यथास्य बहव: सहाया: स्युस्तथा परे | आचारमेव मन्यन्ते गरीयो धर्मलक्षणम्‌

Transliteration

yathā yathāsya bahavaḥ sahāyāḥ syus tathā pare | ācāram eva manyante garīyo dharmalakṣaṇam ||

Translation

قال بهيشما: «على قدر ما يجد الملك أن كثيرين من الناس يؤازرون سلوكًا بعينه، فليأخذ بذلك السلوك نفسه. فإن العارفين حقًّا بالدارما يعدّون “الآچارَة” (ācāra)، أي السُّنَن الراسخة والممارسة القويمة، أثقلَ علامات الدارما وأعظمَ مقاييسها.»

Word by Word

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• यथा: so, in the same manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• अस्य: of him/this (king)
• अस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सहायाः: helpers, allies
• सहायाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहाय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्युः: may be, should be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तथा: so, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• परे: others (people)
• परे: Karta
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आचारम्: conduct, practice
• आचारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed, alone
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• मन्यन्ते: think, consider
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Plural, Atmanepada

• गरीयः: more weighty, principal
• गरीयः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुरु (comparative: गरीयस्)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धर्मलक्षणम्: mark/characteristic of dharma
• धर्मलक्षणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मलक्षण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• king (implied)