Shloka 77

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

Devanagari script

नेत्राभ्यां सरुजाभ्यां यः प्रतिवातमुदी क्षते । तस्य वायुरुजात्यर्थ नेत्रयोर्भवति ध्रुवम्‌,जो मनुष्य अपने रोगी नेत्रोंस हवाकी ओर रुख करके देखता है, उसके उन नेत्रोंमें वायुके कारण अवश्य ही बहुत पीड़ा बढ़ जाती है

Transliteration

netrābhyāṃ sarujābhyāṃ yaḥ prativātam udīkṣate | tasya vāyur ujātyarthaṃ netrayor bhavati dhruvam ||

Translation

Brahmadatta said: “If a man, with eyes already afflicted by pain, looks straight into the oncoming wind, then because of that wind the suffering in his eyes surely increases greatly.”

Word by Word

• नेत्राभ्याम्: with (his) eyes
• नेत्राभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Dual

• सरुजाभ्याम्: with painful/ailing (ones)
• सरुजाभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सरुज
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Dual

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतिवातम्: towards/against the wind
• प्रतिवातम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिवात
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उदीक्षते: looks (towards)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईक्ष्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वायुः: wind
• वायुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रुजाति: causes pain / afflicts
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुज्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अर्थम्: greatly; indeed (intensifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अर्थ

• नेत्रयोः: in/of the two eyes
• नेत्रयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Dual

• भवति: becomes; occurs
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ध्रुवम्: certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ध्रुव

Speaker

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Characters & Entities

• Brahmadatta
• wind (vāyu)
• eyes (netra)