Shloka 19

Rājapurohita-lakṣaṇa and Purūravas–Vāyu Saṃvāda

Varṇa, Sovereignty, and Abhaya-dāna

Devanagari script

राष्ट्र चरन्ति यं धर्म राज्ञा साध्वभिरक्षिता:

Transliteration

rāṣṭraṃ caranti yaṃ dharmaṃ rājñā sādhv-abhirakṣitāḥ

Translation

تزدهرُ المملكةُ باتّباع تلك الدارما التي يحميها ملكٌ فاضلٌ حمايةً قَويمة؛ وتحتَ هذه الحراسة يسيرُ الناسُ ويعيشون على سلوكٍ منتظم.

Word by Word

• राष्ट्रे: in the kingdom/state
• राष्ट्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चरन्ति: they move/live/act
• चरन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• यम्: whom/which
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धर्मम्: dharma; righteous law/duty
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• राज्ञा: by the king
• राज्ञा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• साधुभिः: by the good/virtuous (people)
• साधुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• रक्षिता: protected/guarded
• रक्षिता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष्
• Form: Past Passive Participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

ऐल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• rājā (the king)
• rāṣṭra (the kingdom/realm)