Shloka 42

Kośa, Bala, and Maryādā: Treasury, Capacity, and Enforceable Limits (कोश-बल-मर्यादा)

Devanagari script

एवं कोशस्य महतो ये नरा: परिपन्थिन: । तानहत्वा न पश्यामि सिद्धिमत्र परंतप,परंतप! इस प्रकार जो मनुष्य (प्रजारक्षाके लिये किये जानेवाले) महान्‌ कोशके संग्रहमें बाधा उपस्थित करते हैं, उनका वध किये बिना इस कार्यमें मुझे सफलता होती नहीं दिखायी देती

Transliteration

evaṁ kośasya mahato ye narāḥ paripanthinaḥ | tān hatvā na paśyāmi siddhim atra paraṁtapa paraṁtapa ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “Those men who obstruct the gathering of this great treasury—raised for the protection and welfare of the people—are enemies on the path. Without slaying them, O scorcher of foes, I do not see how success in this undertaking can be achieved.”

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

कोशस्यof the treasury/store

महतःgreat

येwho, those who

नराःmen, persons

परिपन्थिनःobstructors, adversaries (hindering the way)

तान्them

अहत्वाwithout killing (having not slain)

नnot

पश्यामिI see

सिद्धिम्success, accomplishment

अत्रhere, in this matter

परंतपO scorcher of foes (epithet)

परंतपO scorcher of foes (repeated address)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Paraṁtapa (epithet of the addressee)

Kośa (treasury)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes