Shloka 56
Rāja-prabodhana and Prātaḥ-kṛtya
Awakening of the King and Morning Observances
Devanagari script
क्षमावत्त्वं ब्राह्मणानां दण्डः क्षत्रस्य पार्थिव / प्रसह्य हरणे वापि नाधर्मस्ते भविष्यति
Transliteration
kṣamāvattvaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ daṇḍaḥ kṣatrasya pārthiva / prasahya haraṇe vāpi nādharmaste bhaviṣyati
Translation
Ô souverain, la vertu des brahmanes est la patience, et le devoir du kshatriya est le châtiment. Même en le prenant de force, tu ne tomberas pas dans l’adharma.
Word by Word
kṣamāvattvamforbearance
kṣamāvattvam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣamāvat (प्रातिपदिक) + tva (त्व)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); abstract noun ‘forbearance’
brāhmaṇānāmof Brahmins
brāhmaṇānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootbrāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural (बहुवचन)
daṇḍaḥpunishment; chastisement
daṇḍaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
kṣatrasyaof the Kshatriya order
kṣatrasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣatra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)
pārthivaO king
pārthiva:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootpārthiva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)
prasahyaforcibly
prasahya:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpra√sah (धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्), avyaya usage; ‘having used force/forcibly’
haraṇein taking away
haraṇe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootharaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन); ‘in the act of taking away’
vāor; even
vā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormDisjunctive particle (विकल्प-अव्यय) ‘or/even’
apieven
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (सम्भावना/समुच्चय-अव्यय) ‘also/even’
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-अव्यय)
adharmaḥunrighteousness; sin
adharmaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadharma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
tefor you; of you
te:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun ‘tvad’, Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)
bhaviṣyatiwill be
bhaviṣyati:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु)
FormFuture (लृट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada