Shloka 9

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

Devanagari script

भूयांसं लभते क्लेशं या गौर्भवति दुर्दुहा । अथ या सुद॒ुहा राजन नैव तां वितुदन्त्यपि,राजन्‌! जो गाय कठिनाईसे दुही जाती है, उसे बड़े-बड़े क्लेश उठाने पड़ते हैं, परंतु जो सुगमतापूर्वक दूध दुह लेने देती है, उसे लोग पीड़ा नहीं देते हैं, आरामसे रखते हैं

Transliteration

bhūyāṁsaṁ labhate kleśaṁ yā gaur bhavati durduhā | atha yā suduhā rājan naiva tāṁ vitudanty api ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “A cow that is hard to milk suffers greater distress, for people press and torment her to obtain milk. But the cow that yields milk easily, O King, is not prodded or pained; she is kept at ease.”

Word by Word

भूयांसम्greater, more

लभतेobtains, gets

क्लेशम्distress, hardship

याwhich (she who)

गौःcow

भवतिbecomes, is

दुर्दुहाhard to milk

अथthen, on the other hand

याwhich (she who)

सुदुहाeasy to milk

राजन्O king

नnot

एवindeed, just

ताम्her, that (cow)

वितुदन्तिthey prod, they torment

अपिeven, also

राजन्O king

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

King (Yudhishthira, addressed as rājan)

cow (gauḥ)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes