Shloka 47
Kośa, Bala, and Maryādā: Treasury, Capacity, and Enforceable Limits (कोश-बल-मर्यादा)
Devanagari script
न च राज्यसमो धर्म: कश्चिदस्ति परंतप । धर्म: संशब्दितो राज्ञामापदर्थमतोडन्यथा,परंतप! राजाके लिये राज्यकी रक्षाके समान दूसरा कोई धर्म नहीं है। अभी जिस धर्मकी चर्चा की गयी है, वह केवल राजाओंके लिये आपत्तिकालमें ही आचरणमें लाने योग्य है; अन्यथा नहीं
Transliteration
na ca rājya-samo dharmaḥ kaścid asti parantapa | dharmaḥ saṃśabdito rājñām āpad-artham ato 'nyathā, parantapa ||
Translation
Bhīṣma said: “O scorcher of foes, there is no duty equal to the protection and maintenance of kingship. The ‘dharma’ spoken of here is prescribed for rulers only as an emergency measure in times of calamity; it is not to be treated as the normal rule in ordinary circumstances.”
Word by Word
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
राज्य-समःequal to kingship/sovereignty
राज्य-समः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धर्मःduty, dharma
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कश्चित्any (one)
कश्चित्:
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अस्तिis/exists
अस्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
परंतपO scorcher of foes
परंतप:
TypeNoun
Rootपरंतप
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
धर्मःdharma (this duty)
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
संशब्दितःso-called, designated
संशब्दितः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसं-शब्दित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, kta (past passive participle)
राज्ञाम्of kings
राज्ञाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
आपद्-अर्थम्for the purpose of calamity (i.e., in distress)
आपद्-अर्थम्:
TypeNoun
Rootअर्थ
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अतःtherefore/for that reason
अतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतः
अन्यथाotherwise
अन्यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्यथा
परंतपO scorcher of foes
परंतप:
TypeNoun
Rootपरंतप
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaY
YudhiṣṭhiraVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes