Shloka 54

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

धर्मिष्ठा: परिहीयन्ते पापीयान्‌ वर्धते जन: । धर्मस्य बलहानि: स्यादधर्मश्ष बली तथा,धर्मात्मा पुरुष हानि उठाते दीखेंगे और बड़े-बड़े पापी लौकिक दृष्टिसे उन्नतिशील होंगे। धर्मका बल घटेगा और अधर्म बलवान्‌ होगा

Transliteration

dharmiṣṭhāḥ parihīyante pāpīyān vardhate janaḥ | dharmasya balahāniḥ syād adharmaś ca balī tathā ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “Those who are most devoted to dharma come to be diminished and set aside, while people of greater sinfulness prosper and increase. The strength of dharma declines, and adharma, likewise, becomes powerful.”

Word by Word

• धर्मिष्ठाः: the righteous (most dharmic)
• धर्मिष्ठाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मिष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परिहीयन्ते: decline / are diminished
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-हा
• Form: Present, Atmanepada, Third, Plural, Active (Atmanepada usage)

• पापीयान्: more sinful (people)
• पापीयान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पापीयस्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वर्धते: increases / prospers
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध्
• Form: Present, Atmanepada, Third, Singular, Active (Atmanepada usage)

• जनः: people / the populace
• जनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मस्य: of dharma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• बलहानिः: loss of strength
• बलहानिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलहानि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• स्यात्: would be / may occur
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Optative (Potential), Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

• अधर्मस्य: of adharma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• बली: strong / powerful
• बली: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise / and so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana