Shloka 59

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

Devanagari script

अहं हि पुत्रशोकेन कृतपापा तवात्मजे | यथा त्वया प्रहर्तव्यं तथा तत्त्वं च मे शृणु,जैसे मैं पुत्र शोकसे संतप्त होकर आपके पुत्रके प्रति पापपूर्ण बर्ताव कर बैठी, उसी प्रकार आप भी मुझपर प्रहार कर सकते हैं। यहाँ जो यथार्थ बात है, वह मुझसे सुनिये

Transliteration

ahaṃ hi putraśokena kṛtapāpā tavātmaje | yathā tvayā prahartavyaṃ tathā tattvaṃ ca me śṛṇu ||

Translation

Brahmadatta said: “Overwhelmed by grief for my son, I committed a sinful wrong against your child. Therefore, just as you may rightly strike me in return, so too—listen from me to the truth of what has actually happened.”

Word by Word

• {'ahaṃ': 'I', 'hi': 'indeed, for', 'putra-śokena': 'by grief for (one’s) son', 'kṛta-pāpā': 'one who has done sin

• having committed a wrongful act', 'tava': 'your', 'ātmaje': 'to/against the son (lit. ‘born of oneself’)

• child', 'yathā': 'as, in the manner that', 'tvayā': 'by you', 'prahartavyam': 'to be struck

• to be punished/retaliated against (as deemed fit)', 'tathā': 'so, in that same way', 'tattvam': 'the truth

• the real state of affairs', 'ca': 'and', 'me': 'from me / my', 'śṛṇu': 'hear

Speaker

ब्रह्मदत्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्रह्मदत्त (Brahmadatta)
• पुत्र (son)
• तव आत्मज (your son/child)