Shloka 9

Vāmadeva’s Counsel on Rooted Kingship and Non-violent Victory (वामदेवोपदेशः—दृढमूलराजधर्मः)

Devanagari script

नैव द्विषन्तो हीयन्ते राज्ञो नित्यमनिध्नत:ः । क्रोधं निहन्तुं यो वेद तस्य द्वेष्टा न विद्यते,यदि राजा कभी किसी द्वेष करनेवालेको दण्ड न दे तो उससे द्वेष करनेवालोंकी कमी नहीं होती है; परंतु जो क्रोधको मारनेकी कला जानता है, उसका कोई द्वेषी नहीं रहता है

Transliteration

naiva dviṣanto hīyante rājño nityam anidhnataḥ | krodhaṃ nihantuṃ yo veda tasya dveṣṭā na vidyate ||

Translation

Vāmadeva said: “If a king never punishes, those who bear hatred do not diminish; hostility keeps arising against such unchecked rule. But the one who knows how to slay anger itself has no enemy—because anger, once mastered, no longer provokes enmity in others.”

Word by Word

nanot

evaindeed/just

dviṣantaḥhaters, those who hate

hīyantediminish/are reduced

rājñaḥof the king

nityamalways

anidhnaḥunrestrained/unchecked (one who does not punish/curb)

krodhamanger

nihantumto slay/destroy

yaḥwho

vedaknows

tasyaof him

dveṣṭāhater

nanot

vidyateexists/is found

yadiif

Speaker

वामदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāmadeva

king (rājā)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes