Shloka 29

राजवृत्त-रक्षा-प्रणिधि-षाड्गुण्योपदेशः

Royal Conduct, Protection, Intelligence, and Policy Measures

Devanagari script

अनया: सम्प्रवर्तेरन्‌ भवेद्‌ वै वर्णसंकर: । दुर्भिक्षमाविशेद्‌ राष्ट्र यदि राजा न पालयेत्‌,यदि राजा पालन न करे तो सब ओर अन्याय एवं अत्याचार फैल जाय, वर्णसंकर संतानें पैदा होने लगें और समूचे देशमें अकाल पड़ जाय

Transliteration

anayāḥ sampravarteran bhaved vai varṇa-saṅkaraḥ | durbhikṣam āviśed rāṣṭraṃ yadi rājā na pālayet ||

Translation

Jika raja tidak melindungi, ketidakadilan akan merebak ke segala penjuru; varṇa-saṅkara akan terjadi; dan kelaparan (durbhikṣa) akan memasuki negeri.

Word by Word

• अन्यायाः: injustices
• अन्यायाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्याय
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• सम्प्रवर्तेरन्: would arise / would come into operation
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-वृत्
• Form: optative (vidhiliṅ), 3rd, plural, parasmaipada

• भवेत्: would be / would occur
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: optative (vidhiliṅ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• वर्णसंकरः: intermixture of social classes; mixed progeny
• वर्णसंकरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्णसंकर
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• दुर्भिक्षम्: famine
• दुर्भिक्षम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्भिक्ष
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• आविशेत्: would enter / would afflict
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-विश्
• Form: optative (vidhiliṅ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• राष्ट्रम्: the kingdom/state
• राष्ट्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• पालयेत्: would protect / would govern
• Type: Verb
• Root: पाल्
• Form: optative (vidhiliṅ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

Speaker

वसुमना उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वसुमना (Vasumanā)
• राजा (the king)
• राष्ट्र (the realm/kingdom)