Shloka 55

Dasyu-maryādā and Buddhi-guided Rāja-nīti (दस्युमर्यादा तथा बुद्धिप्रधान-राजनीति)

Devanagari script

कस्माद देवासुरा: पूर्वमन्योन्यमभिजघ्निरे । यदि कालेन निर्याणं सुखं दु:खं भवाभवौ

Transliteration

brahmadatta uvāca | kasmād devāsurāḥ pūrvam anyonyam abhijaghnire | yadi kālena niryāṇaṃ sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ bhavābhavau |

Translation

যদি কালের দ্বারাই মৃত্যু, সুখ-দুঃখ, উন্নতি-অবনতি—সবই ঘটে, তবে প্রাচীনকালে দেবতা ও অসুরেরা কেন পরস্পরের সঙ্গে যুদ্ধ করে একে অন্যকে বধ করেছিল?

Word by Word

• कस्मात्: from what cause? why?
• कस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• देव: gods
• देव: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• असुराः: asuras
• असुराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• पूर्वम्: formerly, earlier
• पूर्वम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व

• अन्योन्यम्: each other, mutually
• अन्योन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्योन्य

• अभिजघ्निरे: they struck/killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: perfect (liṭ), 3rd, plural, parasmaipada

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• कालेन: by time/fate
• कालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• निर्याणम्: departure (death)
• निर्याणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्याण
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• सुखम्: happiness
• सुखम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• दुःखम्: sorrow
• दुःखम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• भव: becoming/existence
• भव: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अभवौ: non-existence; (as a pair with) existence/non-existence
• अभवौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभव
• Form: masculine, nominative, dual

Speaker

ब्रह्मदत्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Brahmadatta
• Devas
• Asuras
• Kāla (Time)