Shloka 14
आपद्-राजनीतिः (Āpad-rājanīti) — Policy Options in Multi-Front Crisis
Devanagari script
सत्कृत्य नोपकुरुते परं शक््त्या यथा्हत: । या सक्ता सर्वभूतेषु सा55शा कृशतरी मया
Transliteration
satkṛtya nopakurute paraṁ śaktyā yathāhataḥ | yā śaktā sarvabhūteṣu sāśā kṛśatarī mayā ||
Translation
Kṛśa said: “When a man honors a supplicant and, after raising his expectation, still does not render help in due measure according to his ability, then the hope that arises in the hearts of all beings becomes thinner than even I—more emaciated than myself.”
Word by Word
सत्कृत्यhaving honored / after honoring
सत्कृत्य:
Adhikarana
TypeVerb
Rootसत्कृ (धातु) / सत्+कृ
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund)
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
उपकुरुतेdoes a favor / helps
उपकुरुते:
TypeVerb
Rootउपकृ (धातु)
Formलट्, आत्मनेपद, 3, singular
परम्another person (the other)
परम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
शक्त्याby (one's) ability
शक्त्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formfeminine, instrumental, singular
यथाas / according to
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
अर्हतःthan what is proper / deserved
अर्हतः:
Apadana
TypeAdjective
Rootअर्हत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formmasculine, ablative, singular
याwhich
या:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
आशाhope
आशा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआशा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
सक्ताattached / fixed (upon)
सक्ता:
TypeAdjective
Rootसञ्ज्/सक्त (धातु-जन्य) / सक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), feminine, nominative, singular
सर्वभूतेषुin all beings
सर्वभूतेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formneuter, locative, plural
साthat (she/it)
सा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
अशाhopelessness / lack of hope
अशा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअशा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
कृशतरीmore meagre / thinner
कृशतरी:
TypeAdjective
Rootकृशतर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
मयाby me / than me (as standard of comparison)
मया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Forminstrumental, singular
Speaker
कृश उवाच
Characters & Entities
क
कृश (Kṛśa)य
याचक (supplicant/beggar) (implied)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Sandhi Notes