Shloka 8

Devanagari script

कस्यासि राज्ञों विषयादिहागतः कि वापि शिल्पं तव विद्यते कृतम्‌ । कथं त्वमस्मासु निवत्स्यसे सदा वदस्व कि चापि तवेह वेतनम्‌,तुम किस राजाके राज्यसे यहाँ आये हो? और तुमने किस कलाकी शिक्षा प्राप्त की है? बोलो, हमारे यहाँ कैसे सदा रह सकोगे? और यहाँ तुम्हारा वेतन क्या होगा?

Translation

“From whose kingdom have you come here? What craft or skill have you learned? Tell me—how will you be able to stay with us always? And what wages do you seek here?”

Word by Word

कस्यof whom/whose

असिyou are

राज्ञःof the king

विषयात्from the realm/territory

इहhere

आगतःcome/arrived

किम्what

वाor

अपिalso/indeed

शिल्पम्craft/skill

तवyour

विद्यतेexists/is known

कृतम्done/made (i.e., learned/acquired)

कथम्how

त्वम्you

अस्मासुamong us/with us

निवत्स्यसेwill you dwell/stay

सदाalways

वदस्वtell/say

किम्what

चand

अपिalso/indeed

तवyour

इहhere

वेतनम्wages/payment

Speaker

विराट उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes