Shloka 22

आपद्-राजनीतिः (Āpad-rājanīti) — Policy Options in Multi-Front Crisis

Devanagari script

स समानीय तत्पुत्रं तमुपालभ्य पार्थिवम्‌

Transliteration

sa samānīya tatputraṃ tam upālabhya pārthivam

Translation

Darauf ließ er den Sohn jenes Mannes herbeiholen und tadelte den König—ihn zur Rechenschaft ziehend—auf eine Weise, die Verantwortungsbewusstsein wecken und rechtes Handeln nach dem Dharma wahren sollte.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समानीय: having brought/assembled
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-नी
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), indeclinable (gerund)

• तत्-पुत्रम्: his son
• तत्-पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उपालभ्य: having reproached/accused
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-लभ्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), indeclinable (gerund)

• पार्थिवम्: the king
• पार्थिवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

कृश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• pārthiva (king)
• tatputra (that person’s son)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler is not above moral scrutiny: when dharma is at stake, even a king may be summoned and admonished. Ethical governance requires accountability and responsiveness to rightful censure.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker describes an action sequence: someone summons a certain person’s son and then reproaches the king, indicating a confrontation or formal admonition aimed at correcting conduct or enforcing justice.