Shloka 54

राजधर्मः—प्रमादवर्जनं, दण्डनीतिः, दुर्बलरक्षणम्

Royal Dharma: Vigilance, Just Punishment, Protection of the Vulnerable

Devanagari script

अप्रमादश्न शौचं च राज्ञों भूतिकरं महत्‌ | एतेभ्यश्वैव मान्धात: सततं मा प्रमादिथा:

Transliteration

apramādaś ca śaucaṁ ca rājño bhūtikaraṁ mahat | etebhyaś caiva māndhātaḥ satataṁ mā pramādithāḥ ||

Translation

Utathya said: “Vigilance and purity greatly benefit a king, bringing prosperity and well-being. Therefore, O Māndhātṛ, never at any time be negligent of these.”

Word by Word

• अप्रमादः: vigilance, non-negligence
• अप्रमादः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्रमाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• शौचम्: purity, cleanliness
• शौचम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौच
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• राज्ञः: of the king
• राज्ञः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भूतिकरम्: bringing prosperity
• भूतिकरम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूतिकर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एतेभ्यः: from these
• एतेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Plural

• एव: indeed, only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• मान्धातः: O Mandhātṛ (descendant of Mandhātṛ)
• मान्धातः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मान्धातृ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सततम्: always, constantly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सततम्

• मा: do not (prohibitive particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• प्रमादिथाः: be negligent
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रमद्
• Form: Aorist (injunctive/prohibitive usage with मा), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

उतथ्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Utathya
• Māndhātṛ