Shloka 79

Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ

Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics

Devanagari script

कच्चिन्न भक्त बीजं च कर्षकस्यावसीदति । प्रत्येक च शतं वृद्धया ददास्यृणमनुग्रहम्‌,तुम्हारे राज्यके किसानका अन्न या बीज तो नष्ट नहीं होता? क्या तुम प्रत्येक किसानपर अनुग्रह करके उसे एक रुपया सैकड़े ब्याजपर ऋण देते हो?

Transliteration

kaccin na bhakta-bījaṃ ca karṣakasyāvasīdati | pratyekaṃ ca śataṃ vṛddhyā dadāsi ṛṇam anugraham ||

Translation

তোমার রাজ্যে কৃষকের অন্ন ও বীজ কি নষ্ট হয় না? আর কি তুমি রাজানুগ্রহে প্রত্যেক কৃষককে ন্যায্য শর্তে ঋণ দিয়ে তার কৃষিকর্মকে রক্ষা করো?

Word by Word

• कच्चित्: whether (indeed)?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित्

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• भक्तम्: food, provisions
• भक्तम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• बीजम्: seed
• बीजम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीज
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कर्षकस्य: of the farmer
• कर्षकस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्षक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अवसीदति: perishes/declines/is ruined
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद् (सीदति)
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रत्येकम्: to each, individually
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रत्येक

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वृद्ध्या: with interest (increase)
• वृद्ध्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• ददासि: you give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Present, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ऋणम्: a debt/loan
• ऋणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनुग्रहम्: favor, benevolence
• अनुग्रहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• king (unnamed addressee)
• karṣaka (farmers/cultivators)
• bhakta (food-grain)
• bīja (seed)
• ṛṇa (loan/debt)