Shloka 213

आपद्-राजनीतिः (Āpad-rājanīti) — Policy Options in Multi-Front Crisis

Devanagari script

पुत्रमस्यानयत्‌ क्षिप्रं तपसा च श्रुतेन च । तब धर्मात्माओंमें श्रेष्ठ भगवान्‌ तनुने हँ[कर अपनी तपस्या और शास्त्रज्ञानके प्रभावसे राजकुमारको शीघ्र वहाँ बुला दिया

Transliteration

putram asyānayat kṣipraṃ tapasā ca śrutena ca |

Translation

Kṛśa said: “By the power of his austerities (tapas) and his mastery of sacred learning (śruta), he swiftly caused that man’s son to be brought there.”

Word by Word

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अस्य: of him / his
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक: अस्मद्/इदम्-श्रृंखला)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• आनयत्: brought / caused to come
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (आ + √नी)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• श्रुतेन: by learning / by sacred knowledge (what is heard, i.e., Vedic learning)
• श्रुतेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

Speaker

कृश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kṛśa (speaker)
• the son (putra)
• the father/owner of the son (asya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents tapas (disciplined austerity) and śruta (scriptural learning) as complementary sources of spiritual efficacy. Ethical authority is implied to arise from inner restraint and right knowledge, enabling swift, purposeful action aligned with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker reports that a dharma-minded figure, using the force of his austerities and learning, quickly summoned or had brought the son of a certain person to the place where the events are unfolding.