Shloka 3

Nīti-upadeśa to a Rājaputra: Self-restraint, Alliances, and Rival-Management (नीतिउपदेशः)

Devanagari script

आचरिष्यसि चेत्‌ कर्म महतोअ<र्थानवाप्स्यसि | राज्यं राज्यस्य मन्त्र वा महतीं वा पुन: श्रियम्‌

Transliteration

ācarīṣyasi cet karma mahato 'rthān avāpsyasi | rājyaṁ rājyasya mantraṁ vā mahatīṁ vā punaḥ śriyam ||

Translation

যদি তুমি উপদেশ অনুসাৰে সেই কৰ্তব্য পালন কৰা, তেন্তে তুমি মহৎ লাভ পাবা—ৰাজ্য নিজেই, অথবা ৰাজ্যক পথ দেখোৱা মন্ত্ৰশক্তি, নতুবা পুনৰ অপাৰ সমৃদ্ধি।

Word by Word

• आचरिष्यसि: you will practice/perform
• आचरिष्यसि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चर्
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• चेत्: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत्

• कर्म: duty; action; work
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महतः: of/from the great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive/Ablative, Singular

• अर्थान्: objects/aims; benefits; purposes
• अर्थान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अवाप्स्यसि: you will obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप्
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राज्यम्: kingdom; sovereignty
• राज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• राज्यस्य: of the kingdom
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• मन्त्रान्: counsels; policies; mantras
• मन्त्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• महीतीम्: greatness; high position (lit. great measure)
• महीतीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीती
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• पुनः: again; further; moreover
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• श्रियम्: prosperity; fortune; splendor
• श्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• महतīm: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma