Shloka 6

Gāndhārī’s Grief, Vyāsa’s Pacification, and the Ethics of Retaliation (गान्धारी-शोकः शमोपदेशश्च)

Devanagari script

राजा हि यः: स्थिरप्रज्ञ: स्वयं दोषानवेक्षते । देशकालविभागं च परं श्रेय: स विन्दति,“जिसकी बुद्धि स्थिर है, ऐसा जो राजा स्वयं दोषोंको देखता और देश-कालके विभागको समझता है, वह परम कल्याणका भागी होता है

Transliteration

rājā hi yaḥ sthiraprajñaḥ svayaṃ doṣān avekṣate | deśa-kāla-vibhāgaṃ ca paraṃ śreyaḥ sa vindati ||

Translation

“For a king whose understanding is steady—who personally examines his own faults and also discerns the proper distinctions of place and time—attains the highest good.”

Word by Word

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

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्थिरप्रज्ञः: steady-minded
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थिरप्रज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वयम्: himself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्

• दोषान्: faults
• दोषान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अवेक्षते: observes/considers
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-ईक्ष्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• देशकालविभागम्: the division of place and time
• देशकालविभागम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देशकालविभाग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• परम्: supreme
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रेयः: highest good/welfare
• श्रेयः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विन्दति: finds/attains
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana)
• राजा (the king, generic)