Shloka 24

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

Devanagari script

एतद्‌ दृष्टं मया राजंस्तथा च वचन श्रुतम्‌ | आशामपनयस्वाशु तत: कृशतरीमिमाम्‌

Transliteration

etad dṛṣṭaṃ mayā rājan tathā ca vacanaṃ śrutam | āśām apanayasvāśu tataḥ kṛśatarīm imām ||

Translation

Kṛśa said: “O King, I have seen this with my own eyes, and I have also heard that statement with my own ears. Therefore, quickly cast off this hope—this craving connected with the deer—which makes the body ever more emaciated.”

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (thing)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• दृष्टम्: seen
• दृष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तथा: thus/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

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

• वचनम्: statement/words
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुतम्: heard
• श्रुतम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• आशाम्: hope/desire
• आशाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अपनयस्व: remove/abandon
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप-नी
• Form: लोट् (imperative), Second, Singular, परस्मैपद

• आशु: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु

• ततः: therefore/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• कृशतरीम्: more emaciating/thinner-making
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृशतर
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular, Comparative

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

कृश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kṛśa (speaker)
• King (rājan)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Desire and clinging (āśā) weaken a person; one should promptly abandon such craving and practice self-restraint and detachment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛśa addresses a king, testifying that he has personally witnessed events and heard a sage’s words, and urges the king to give up a deer-related longing that is causing physical and inner depletion.