Shloka 70
Treasury Security, Protection of Informants, and the Kalakavṛkṣīya Exemplum (Śānti Parva 83)
Devanagari script
हित॑ तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा कौसल्यो5प्यजयन्महीम् । तथा च कृतवान् राजा यथोक्त तेन भारत
Transliteration
hitaṃ tad-vacanaṃ śrutvā kausalyo 'py ajayan mahīm | tathā ca kṛtavān rājā yathoktaṃ tena bhārata ||
Translation
भीष्म बोले— उस हितकारी वचन को सुनकर कोसल-राजा ने भी पृथ्वी को जीत लिया। क्योंकि, हे भारत, राजा ने जैसा उसे कहा गया था, वैसा ही किया।
Word by Word
हितम्beneficial
हितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootहित
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वचनम्speech; statement
वचनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवचन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
Formक्त्वा (absolutive), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)
कौसल्यःKausalya (king of Kosala)
कौसल्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकौसल्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अपिalso; even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
अजयत्conquered
अजयत्:
TypeVerb
Rootजि
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada
महीम्the earth
महीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमही
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
तथाthus; in that manner
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
कृतवान्did; performed
कृतवान्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formक्तवत् (past active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
राजाthe king
राजा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यथाas; just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
उक्तम्said; spoken
उक्तम्:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
तेनby him; by that (person/means)
तेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
भारतO Bharata
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
भारतO Bharata
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaB
Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira)K
KosalaK
Kosala-king (Kausalyaḥ)P
Purohita (implied adviser/priest)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes