Shloka 37

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

क्षत्रियाश्षापि वैश्याश्ष विकर्मस्था नराधिप । अल्पायुष: स्वल्पबला: स्वल्पवीर्यपराक्रमा:,नरेश्वर! क्षत्रिय और वैश्य भी अपना-अपना धर्म छोड़कर दूसरे वर्णोके कर्म करने लगेंगे। सबकी आयु कम होगी, सबके बल, वीर्य और पराक्रम घट जायँगे

Transliteration

kṣatriyāś cāpi vaiśyāś ca vikarmasthā narādhipa | alpāyuṣaḥ svalpabalāḥ svalpavīryaparākramāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O king, even the Kṣatriyas and the Vaiśyas will abandon their own ordained duties and take up the works of other social orders. As a consequence, people will become short-lived; their strength will diminish, and their vitality and heroic prowess will decline.”

Word by Word

• क्षत्रियाः: Kshatriyas
• क्षत्रियाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• वैश्याः: Vaishyas
• वैश्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैश्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• विकर्मस्थाः: engaged in improper/other (non-prescribed) acts
• विकर्मस्थाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विकर्मस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अल्पायुषः: short-lived
• अल्पायुषः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अल्पायु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्वल्पबलाः: of little strength
• स्वल्पबलाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वल्पबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्वल्पवीर्यपराक्रमाः: of little vigor and valor
• स्वल्पवीर्यपराक्रमाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वल्पवीर्यपराक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नरेश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• narādhipa (the king addressed)
• Kṣatriyas
• Vaiśyas