Shloka 13

Dasyu-maryādā and Buddhi-guided Rāja-nīti (दस्युमर्यादा तथा बुद्धिप्रधान-राजनीति)

Devanagari script

शून्ये च तमुपादाय पक्षिणं समजातकम्‌ | हत्वा ततः स राजेन्द्र धात्रया हस्तमुपागत:,राजेन्द्र! अपने साथ ही पैदा हुए उस पक्षीको सूने स्थानमें ले जाकर राजकुमारने मार डाला और मारकर वह धायकी गोदमें जा बैठा

Transliteration

śūnye ca tam upādāya pakṣiṇaṃ samajātakam | hatvā tataḥ sa rājendra dhātryā hastam upāgataḥ ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “O king, taking that bird—born at the same time as himself—into a deserted place, the prince killed it. After killing it, he returned and sat in the nurse’s lap.”

Word by Word

• शून्ये: in a deserted/empty (place)
• शून्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शून्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• तम्: him/that (one)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उपादाय: having taken (along)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-दा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• पक्षिणम्: a bird
• पक्षिणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समजातकम्: born together; of the same birth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समजातक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हत्वा: having killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• धात्र्याः: of the nurse (wet-nurse)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धात्री
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• हस्तम्: hand; lap/embrace (by extension)
• हस्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उपागतः: having gone to; having approached; sat/come (to)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used actively), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• rājendra (the king being addressed)
• rājakumāra (the prince, implied by context/translation)
• pakṣi (bird)
• dhātrī (nurse/wet-nurse)
• śūnya-sthāna (deserted place)