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Shloka 2

Kāpavya-carita (कापव्यचरित) — Reforming Dasyus through Regulated Rāja-Dharma

केन स्विद्‌ ब्राह्मणो जीवेज्जघन्ये काल आगते । असंत्यजनू पुत्रपौत्राननुक्रोशात्‌ पितामह,युधिष्ठिरने पूछा--पितामह! यदि राजाका सम्पूर्ण लोकोंकी रक्षापर अवलम्बित परम धर्म न निभ सके और भूमण्डलमें आजीविकाके सारे साधनोंपर लुटेरोंका अधिकार हो जाय, तब ऐसा जघन्य संकटकाल उपस्थित होनेपर यदि ब्राह्मण दयावश अपने पुत्रों तथा पौत्रोंका परित्याग न कर सके तो वह किस वृत्तिसे जीवन-निर्वाह करे?

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kena svid brāhmaṇo jīvej jaghanye kāla āgate | asaṃtyajan putrapautrān anukrośāt pitāmaha ||

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Grandfather, when a most dreadful time has come—when the ordinary supports of livelihood have collapsed—by what means should a brāhmaṇa maintain his life? If, out of compassion, he cannot abandon his sons and grandsons, what livelihood is proper for him in such extremity?”

केनby what (means)
केन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकिम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
स्वित्indeed / I wonder (interrogative particle)
स्वित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वित्
ब्राह्मणःa Brahmin
ब्राह्मणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जीवेत्should live / should make a living
जीवेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootजीव्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
जघन्येin the worst (time/condition)
जघन्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootजघन्य
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
कालेin time / at a time
काले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
आगतेwhen (it) has come / having arrived
आगते:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-गम्
FormPast passive participle (kta), Masculine, Locative, Singular
असन्त्यजन्not abandoning / not giving up
असन्त्यजन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअ-सं-त्यज्
FormPresent active participle (śatṛ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
पुत्रsons
पुत्र:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
पौत्रान्grandsons
पौत्रान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपौत्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
अनुक्रोशात्out of compassion
अनुक्रोशात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootअनुक्रोश
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
B
Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha)
B
brāhmaṇa
S
sons
G
grandsons