Shloka 24

राजवृत्त-रक्षा-प्रणिधि-षाड्गुण्योपदेशः

Royal Conduct, Protection, Intelligence, and Policy Measures

Devanagari script

त्रस्तमुद्विग्नहददयं हाहाभूतमचेतनम्‌ । क्षणेन विनशेत्‌ सर्व यदि राजा न पालयेत्‌,यदि राजा रक्षा न करे तो सारा जगत्‌ भयभीत, उद्विग्नचित्त, हाहाकारपरायण तथा अचेत हो क्षणभरमें नष्ट हो जाय

Transliteration

trastam udvignahṛdayaṁ hāhābhūtam acetanam | kṣaṇena vinaśet sarvaṁ yadi rājā na pālayet ||

Translation

If the king does not protect and govern, then everything would, in an instant, fall into ruin—people becoming frightened, hearts shaken with anxiety, given over to cries of distress, and as if senseless.

Word by Word

• त्रस्तम्: terrified
• त्रस्तम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रस्त (√त्रस्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उद्विग्नहृदयम्: having an agitated heart
• उद्विग्नहृदयम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्विग्न + हृदय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• हाहाभूतम्: reduced to cries of 'hā hā' (lamenting)
• हाहाभूतम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाहा + भूत (√भू)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अचेतनम्: senseless, unconscious
• अचेतनम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अचेतन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• क्षणेन: in a moment
• क्षणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• विनश्येत्: would perish
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नश् (वि-)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वम्: everything, the whole (world)
• सर्वम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पालयेत्: should protect / govern
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पाल्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वसुमना उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वसुमना (Vasumanā)
• राजा (the king/ruler)