Shloka 19

राजा-दैवतत्वम् — The King as a Stabilizing ‘Daivata’ (Divine Function) in Social Order

Devanagari script

यः परस्वमथादद्यात्‌ त्याज्या नस्तादृशा इति । विश्वासार्थ च सर्वेषां वर्णानामविशेषत: । तास्तथा समयं कृत्वा समयेनावतस्थिरे

Transliteration

yaḥ parasvam athādadyāt tyājyā nas tādṛśā iti | viśvāsārthaṃ ca sarveṣāṃ varṇānām aviśeṣataḥ | tās tathā samayaṃ kṛtvā samayenāvatasthire

Translation

Bhishma said: “Whoever takes another’s property should be cast out—such a person is not to be kept among us.” And, to establish trust among all the social orders without distinction, they made this agreement; having made it, they remained steadfast in it, abiding by the covenant.

Word by Word

यःwho (he who)

परस्वम्another's property

अथand/then

आदद्यात्should take/steal

त्याज्याःto be abandoned/expelled

नःof us/our

तादृशाःsuch (persons)

इतिthus/so (quotative)

विश्वासार्थम्for the sake of trust

चand

सर्वेषाम्of all

वर्णानाम्of the classes/varṇas

अविशेषतःwithout distinction, impartially

ताःthey (those)

तथाthus/accordingly

समयम्agreement/compact

कृत्वाhaving made

समयेनby/with the agreement

अवतस्थिरेthey stood firm/abided

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

varṇas (social orders)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes