Shloka 11

कृपवाक्यं तथा नीत्युपदेशः

Kṛpa’s Counsel and a Discourse on Statecraft

Devanagari script

न वत्वियं मादृशैर्नीतिस्तस्यथ वाच्या कथंचन । सा वत्वियं साधु वक्तव्या न त्वनीति: कथंचन,'युधिष्ठिरकी जो नीति है, उसकी मेरे-जैसे पुरुषोंको कभी निन्दा नहीं करनी चाहिये। उसे अच्छी नीति ही कहनी चाहिये, अनीति कहना किसी प्रकार ठीक नहीं है

Translation

Die nīti Yudhiṣṭhiras darf von Männern wie mir niemals getadelt werden. Man soll sie eine gute nīti nennen; sie als anīti zu bezeichnen, ist in keiner Weise rechtens.

Word by Word

nanot

tubut/indeed

avācyaṃnot to be said / not to be spoken (improper to say)

mādṛśaiḥby men like me

nītiḥpolicy/righteous conduct

tasyaof him/that (i.e., of Yudhiṣṭhira)

athathen/now/and

vācyato be said / should be said

kathaṃcanain any way / ever

sāthat (policy)

vācyaṃto be said / should be said

sādhuwell / rightly

vaktavyāshould be spoken/called

nanot

tubut/indeed

anītiḥunrighteous conduct / bad policy

kathaṃcanain any way / ever

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes