Shloka 24

आपद्-राजनीतिः (Āpad-rājanīti) — Policy Options in Multi-Front Crisis

Devanagari script

एतद्‌ दृष्टं मया राजंस्तथा च वचन श्रुतम्‌ | आशामपनयस्वाशु तत: कृशतरीमिमाम्‌

Transliteration

etad dṛṣṭaṃ mayā rājan tathā ca vacanaṃ śrutam | āśām apanayasvāśu tataḥ kṛśatarīm imām ||

Translation

Kṛśa dit : « Ô roi, j’ai vu cela de mes propres yeux, et j’ai aussi entendu cette parole de mes propres oreilles. C’est pourquoi, rejette sans tarder cet espoir—ce désir lié au cerf—qui rend le corps toujours plus décharné. »

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (thing)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• दृष्टम्: seen
• दृष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तथा: thus/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

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

• वचनम्: statement/words
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुतम्: heard
• श्रुतम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• आशाम्: hope/desire
• आशाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अपनयस्व: remove/abandon
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप-नी
• Form: लोट् (imperative), Second, Singular, परस्मैपद

• आशु: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु

• ततः: therefore/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• कृशतरीम्: more emaciating/thinner-making
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृशतर
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular, Comparative

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

कृश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kṛśa (speaker)
• King (rājan)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Desire and clinging (āśā) weaken a person; one should promptly abandon such craving and practice self-restraint and detachment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛśa addresses a king, testifying that he has personally witnessed events and heard a sage’s words, and urges the king to give up a deer-related longing that is causing physical and inner depletion.