Shloka 7

अर्जुनस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति क्षात्रधर्मोपदेशः | Arjuna’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira on Kṣatra-Dharma

Devanagari script

न त्यागो न पुनर्यज्ञो न तपो मनुजेश्वर । क्षत्रियस्यथ विधीयन्ते न परस्वोपजीवनम्‌,“नरेश्वर! क्षत्रियके लिये त्याग, यज्ञ, तप और दूसरेके धनसे जीवन-निर्वाहका विधान नहीं है

Transliteration

na tyāgo na punaryajño na tapo manujeśvara | kṣatriyasyātha vidhīyante na parasvopajīvanam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O lord of men, for a kṣatriya there is no prescribed rule of living by renunciation, by sacrificial rites, or by austerity—nor is he enjoined to sustain himself by dependence on another’s wealth. His proper course is to uphold his own duty and livelihood in accordance with the kṣatriya way.”

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• त्यागः: renunciation/giving up
• त्यागः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्याग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: nor
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• पुनः: again; further
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• यज्ञः: sacrifice; ritual
• यज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: nor
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तपः: austerity; penance
• तपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मनुजेश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज-ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• क्षत्रियस्य: of a Kshatriya
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अथ: and; then; moreover
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• विधीयन्ते: are prescribed/ordained
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (वि + धा)
• Form: Present, Atmanepada, Third, Plural, Passive

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• परस्वोपजीवनम्: living by another's wealth/property
• परस्वोपजीवनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर-स्व-उपजीवन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• manujeśvara (a king addressed)
• kṣatriya