Shloka 45

Kośa, Bala, and Maryādā: Treasury, Capacity, and Enforceable Limits (कोश-बल-मर्यादा)

Devanagari script

नैतौ सम्भवतो राजन्‌ कथंचिदपि पार्थिव । न हारण्येषु पश्यामि धनवृद्धानहं क्वचित्‌

Translation

Bhishma dijo: «Oh rey, señor de la tierra: la acumulación de riqueza y el renunciamiento a la riqueza, ambas cosas no pueden habitar a la vez en un mismo hombre. Pues nunca he visto en parte alguna que los grandes ascetas renunciantes, moradores del bosque, prosperen en bienes».

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• etau: these two
• etau: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: etad
• Form: masculine, nominative, dual

• sambhavataḥ: are possible / can occur
• Type: Verb
• Root: sambhū
• Form: present, 3rd, dual, parasmaipada

• rājan: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• kathaṃcit: somehow / in any way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcit

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

• pārthiva: O ruler / O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārthiva
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• hāraṇyeṣu: among forest-dwellers / in the forest
• hāraṇyeṣu: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hāraṇya
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• paśyāmi: I see
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś
• Form: present, 1st, singular, parasmaipada

• dhana-vṛddhān: increased in wealth / wealthy
• dhana-vṛddhān: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhana-vṛddha
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• aham: I
• aham: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: nominative, singular

• kvacit: anywhere / ever
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kvacit

• rājan: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• pṛthvī-nātha: O lord of the earth
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthvī-nātha
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच