Shloka 64

Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ

Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics

Devanagari script

कच्चिदष्टाड्रसंयुक्ता चतुर्विधबला चमू: । बलमुख्यै: सुनीता ते द्विषतां प्रतिवर्धिनी

Transliteration

kaccid aṣṭāḍrasa-saṃyuktā caturvidha-balā camūḥ | balamukhyaiḥ sunītā te dviṣatāṃ prativardhinī ||

Translation

Nārada berkata: “Apakah bala tentaramu lengkap dengan delapan belas unsur dan memiliki kekuatan empat-jenis, serta dipimpin dengan baik oleh para panglima utamamu—sehingga kian bertambah daya untuk menghadapi musuh-musuhmu?”

Word by Word

• कच्चित्: whether (indeed)? / I hope
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित्

• अष्ट-अङ्ग-संयुक्ता: endowed with eight parts (i.e., eightfold-equipped)
• अष्ट-अङ्ग-संयुक्ता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टाङ्गसंयुक्त
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• चतुर्विध-बला: having four kinds of forces (fourfold army)
• चतुर्विध-बला: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्विधबल
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• चमूः: army
• चमूः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमू
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• बल-मुख्यैः: by the chief men of the army / by leading commanders
• बल-मुख्यैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलमुख्य
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सु-नीता: well-led, well-guided
• सु-नीता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुनीत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• द्विषताम्: of enemies
• द्विषताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विषत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• प्रतिवर्धिनी: increasing (i.e., overpowering) [them]
• प्रतिवर्धिनी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतिवर्धिन्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• camū (army)
• balamukhya (chief commanders)
• dviṣat (enemies)