Shloka 14

राष्ट्रगुप्ति-संग्रहः

Protection of the Realm and Principles of Revenue & Local Administration

Devanagari script

उत्पत्तिं दानवृत्तिं च शिल्पं सम्प्रेक्ष्य चासकृत्‌

Transliteration

utpattiṃ dānavṛttiṃ ca śilpaṃ samprekṣya cāsakṛt

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „Nachdem man wieder und wieder die Herkunft eines Menschen, sein Verhalten im Geben und seine praktische Fertigkeit (Handwerk oder Befähigung) geprüft hat …“

Word by Word

• उत्पत्तिम्: origin, production
• उत्पत्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पत्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• दानवृत्तिम्: the practice/way of giving (charitable conduct)
• दानवृत्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानवृत्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• शिल्पम्: craft, skill, art
• शिल्पम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिल्प
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सम्प्रेक्ष्य: having observed/examined
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्रेक्ष्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

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

• असकृत्: repeatedly, many times
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असकृत्

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma