Shloka 13
कृपवाक्यं तथा नीत्युपदेशः
Kṛpa’s Counsel and a Discourse on Statecraft
Devanagari script
तत्र नाहं तथा मन्ये यथायमितरो जन:
Transliteration
tatra nāhaṃ tathā manye yathāyam itaro janaḥ
Translation
„Dort, so meine ich, verhält es sich nicht so, wie dieser gewöhnliche Mann es annimmt. Nach meinem Urteil ist sein Verständnis kein wahrer Maßstab dessen, was tatsächlich der Fall ist.“
Word by Word
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
Formindeclinable (locative adverb)
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
Formindeclinable (negation)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअहम्
Formgender: (pronoun), case: nominative, number: singular
तथाthus; in that way
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
Formindeclinable (manner adverb)
मन्येI think; I consider
मन्ये:
TypeVerb
Rootमन् (मन्यते)
Formlakara: लट् (present), pada: आत्मनेपद, person: 1st, number: singular
यथाas; in the manner that
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
Formindeclinable (comparative/conjunctive adverb)
अयम्this (man/person)
अयम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootइदम्
Formgender: masculine, case: nominative, number: singular
इतरःother; another
इतरः:
TypeAdjective
Rootइतर
Formgender: masculine, case: nominative, number: singular
जनःperson; man
जनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजन
Formgender: masculine, case: nominative, number: singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
Vaiśampāyana (speaker)A
an unnamed ordinary person (itaraḥ janaḥ)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
One should not accept a common or superficial opinion as decisive; careful discernment is required, and the speaker signals a more accurate understanding than that of an ordinary observer.
Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, interjects a corrective judgment: he rejects the view attributed to an ‘ordinary person’ and indicates that the situation should be understood differently than common assumption.