Shloka 45

Kośa, Bala, and Maryādā: Treasury, Capacity, and Enforceable Limits (कोश-बल-मर्यादा)

Devanagari script

नैतौ सम्भवतो राजन्‌ कथंचिदपि पार्थिव । न हारण्येषु पश्यामि धनवृद्धानहं क्वचित्‌

Translation

Bhishma sprach: „O König, Herr der Erde: Das Ansammeln von Reichtum und das Entsagen des Reichtums—beides kann unmöglich zugleich in ein und demselben Menschen wohnen. Denn nirgends habe ich gesehen, dass große entsagende Asketen, die im Wald leben, an Vermögen zunehmen.“

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• etau: these two
• etau: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: etad
• Form: masculine, nominative, dual

• sambhavataḥ: are possible / can occur
• Type: Verb
• Root: sambhū
• Form: present, 3rd, dual, parasmaipada

• rājan: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• kathaṃcit: somehow / in any way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcit

• api: even / also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api

• pārthiva: O ruler / O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārthiva
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• hāraṇyeṣu: among forest-dwellers / in the forest
• hāraṇyeṣu: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hāraṇya
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• paśyāmi: I see
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś
• Form: present, 1st, singular, parasmaipada

• dhana-vṛddhān: increased in wealth / wealthy
• dhana-vṛddhān: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhana-vṛddha
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• aham: I
• aham: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: nominative, singular

• kvacit: anywhere / ever
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kvacit

• rājan: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• pṛthvī-nātha: O lord of the earth
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthvī-nātha
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच