Shloka 49

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

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मदत्त तवाच कालेन क्रियते कार्य तथैव विविधा: क्रिया: । कालेनैते प्रवर्तन्ते कः कस्येहापराध्यति

Transliteration

brahmadatta uvāca | kālena kriyate kāryaṃ tathaiva vividhāḥ kriyāḥ | kālenaite pravartante kaḥ kasyehāparādhyati ||

Translation

Brahmadatta said: “By Time, what must be done is brought to completion; and likewise, the many kinds of actions arise. It is by Time that these (beings and events) are set in motion—so in this world, who can truly be said to have wronged whom?”

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मदत्त: O Brahmadatta
• ब्रह्मदत्त: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मदत्त
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

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

• कालेन: by time
• कालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• क्रियते: is done/is brought about
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Present, Passive, Third, Singular

• कार्य: the act/task (to be done)
• कार्य: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: so/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• विविधाः: various
• विविधाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• क्रियाः: actions
• क्रियाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रिया
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• कालेन: by time
• कालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रवर्तन्ते: proceed/come into operation
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रवृत्
• Form: Present, Atmanepada, Third, Plural

• कः: who?
• कः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कस्य: of whom/to whom
• कस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• इह: here/in this world
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• अपराध्यति: offends/commits a fault against
• Type: Verb
• Root: अपराध्
• Form: Present, Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

Speaker

ब्रह्मदत्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्रह्मदत्त (Brahmadatta)
• काल (Kāla, Time)