Shloka 12

कृपवाक्यं तथा नीत्युपदेशः

Kṛpa’s Counsel and a Discourse on Statecraft

Devanagari script

वृद्धानुशासने तात तिष्ठता सत्यशीलिना । अवश्यं त्विह धीरेण सतां मध्ये विवक्षता

Transliteration

vṛddhānuśāsane tāta tiṣṭhatā satyaśīlinā | avaśyaṃ tv iha dhīreṇa satāṃ madhye vivakṣatā ||

Translation

বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে—বৎস, যেতিয়া তুমি বৃদ্ধসকলৰ অনুশাসনত স্থিত আৰু সত্যশীল আচৰণেৰে স্থিৰ থাক, তেতিয়া ইয়াত সৎজনৰ মাজত ধৈৰ্য আৰু সংযমেৰে নিশ্চয় কথা ক’ব লাগিব।

Word by Word

• वृद्धानुशासने: in/under the instruction of elders
• वृद्धानुशासने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्ध-अनुशासन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तात: O dear (son)!
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तिष्ठता: by (one) standing/abiding
• तिष्ठता: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (तिष्ठ)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सत्यशीलिना: by one of truthful conduct
• सत्यशीलिना: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यशीलिन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अवश्यं: certainly/necessarily
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अवश्यम्

• त्व: you
• त्व: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• इह: here/in this matter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• धीरेण: by a wise/steadfast (person)
• धीरेण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सताम्: of the good/virtuous (people)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• मध्ये: in the midst/among
• मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विवक्षता: by one wishing to speak
• विवक्षता: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-वच् (विवक्ष्)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• elders (vṛddhāḥ)
• the virtuous/good people (satāḥ)