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 dit : «Ô roi, seigneur de la terre, l’accumulation des richesses et le renoncement aux richesses ne peuvent, d’aucune manière, demeurer ensemble dans un même homme. Car je n’ai jamais vu nulle part que les grands renonçants vivant en forêt croissent en biens.»

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