Shloka 9

Śaraṇāgatapālana—Prastāvanā

Protection of the Refuge-Seeker: Opening of the Kapota Narrative

Devanagari script

एवं दण्डं प्रशंसन्ति पण्डितास्तत्त्वदर्शिन: । तस्माच्चतुष्टये तस्मिन्‌ प्रधानो दण्ड उच्यते,“इस प्रकार तत्त्वदर्शी विद्वान्‌ दण्डकी प्रशंसा करते हैं; अतः साम, दान आदि चारों उपायोंमें दण्डको ही प्रधान बताया जाता है

Translation

Dijo Bhīṣma: Así es como los sabios, conocedores de la verdad, alaban el daṇḍa. Por ello, entre los cuatro medios—sāma (conciliación), dāna (don), bheda (división) y daṇḍa (castigo)—se declara que el daṇḍa es el principal.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• दण्डम्: punishment; the rod (coercive power)
• दण्डम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रशंसन्ति: praise
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-शंस्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पण्डिताः: learned men, scholars
• पण्डिताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पण्डित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तत्त्वदर्शिनः: seers of truth; those who perceive reality
• तत्त्वदर्शिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत्त्वदर्शिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्

• चतुष्टये: in the set of four (means)
• चतुष्टये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुष्टय
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• प्रधानः: chief, principal
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रधान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दण्डः: punishment; coercive power
• दण्डः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उच्यते: is said, is called
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Singular, Passive

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच