Shloka 18

Adhyāya 90 — Protection of Livelihoods, Brahmanical Subsistence Norms, and Royal Oversight (राष्ट्रवृत्ति-राष्ट्रगुप्ति-उपदेशः)

Devanagari script

अमात्यानां च सर्वेषां मध्यस्थानां च सर्वश: । ये च त्वाभिप्रशंसेयुर्निन्दियुरथवा पुन:

Transliteration

amātyānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ madhyasthānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ | ye ca tvābhipraśaṃseyuḥ nindiyur athavā punaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „Und unter all deinen Ministern, ebenso unter allen, die eine neutrale oder vermittelnde Stellung einnehmen — ob sie dich offen loben oder wiederum tadeln würden.“

Word by Word

• अमात्यानाम्: of ministers
• अमात्यानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमात्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• मध्यस्थानाम्: of neutrals / of those standing in the middle
• मध्यस्थानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्यस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• सर्वशः: in every way / altogether
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशः

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• अभिप्रशंसेयुः: might praise / would commend
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-प्र-शंस्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• निन्दियुः: might blame / would censure
• Type: Verb
• Root: निन्द्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अथ: or else / then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• पुनः: again / further
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• amātya (ministers/counselors)
• madhyastha (neutral/intermediary persons)