Shloka 124

Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ

Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics

Devanagari script

कच्चिदग्निभयाच्चैव सर्व व्यालभयात्‌ तथा । रोगरक्षो भयाच्चैव राष्ट्र स्‍वं परिरक्षसि,क्या तुम अग्नि, सर्प, रोग तथा राक्षसोंके भयसे अपने सम्पूर्ण राष्ट्रकी रक्षा करते हो?

Transliteration

kaccid agnibhayāc caiva sarva-vyāla-bhayāt tathā | roga-rakṣo-bhayāc caiva rāṣṭraṁ svaṁ parirakṣasi ||

Translation

Nārada preguntó: “¿Proteges debidamente tu propio reino—del temor al fuego, del temor a todas las criaturas venenosas, y asimismo del temor a las enfermedades y a los rākṣasas?”

Word by Word

• कच्चित्: whether? (I hope/Is it the case that…?)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित्

• अग्नि-भयात्: from fear of fire
• अग्नि-भयात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि-भय
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सर्व-व्याल-भयात्: from fear of all serpents/wild beasts
• सर्व-व्याल-भयात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-व्याल-भय
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

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

• रोग-रक्षः-भयात्: from fear of disease and rākṣasas
• रोग-रक्षः-भयात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग-रक्षस्-भय
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• राष्ट्रम्: kingdom/state
• राष्ट्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स्वम्: your own
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परिरक्षसि: you protect/guard
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-रक्ष्
• Form: Present (Lat), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• rāṣṭra (the kingdom/realm)
• agni (fire)
• vyāla (serpents/venomous creatures)
• roga (disease)
• rakṣas (rākṣasas)