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Shloka 48

Cyavana’s Water-Vow and the Ethics of Cohabitation (स्नेह-सम्वास-धर्मः)

एष एव क्रमो हि स्यात्‌ क्षत्रियाणां युधिष्ठिर अष्टधा तु भवेत्‌ कार्य क्षत्रियस्वं जनाधिप,राजा युधिष्ठिर! क्षत्रियोंके लिये भी बँटवारेका यही क्रम है। क्षत्रियके धनको आठ भागोंमें विभक्त करना चाहिये

eṣa eva kramo hi syāt kṣatriyāṇāṃ yudhiṣṭhira | aṣṭadhā tu bhavet kāryaṃ kṣatriyasvaṃ janādhipa ||

ビーシュマは言った。「ユディシュティラよ、これこそがクシャトリヤにとって正しい手続きの規範である。だが、人々の主よ、クシャトリヤの財は八つの取り分に分けて配分されねばならぬ。」

एषःthis
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
क्रमःorder/procedure
क्रमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootक्रम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हिfor/indeed
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
स्यात्should be/would be
स्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
क्षत्रियाणाम्of the Kshatriyas
क्षत्रियाणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्रिय
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
युधिष्ठिरO Yudhishthira
युधिष्ठिर:
TypeNoun (Proper)
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
अष्टधाin eight ways/into eight parts
अष्टधा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअष्टधा
तुbut/and
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
भवेत्should be
भवेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
कार्यम्to be done/required act
कार्यम्:
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootकार्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
क्षत्रियस्वम्Kshatriya property/wealth
क्षत्रियस्वम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्रियस्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
जनाधिपO ruler of people
जनाधिप:
TypeNoun
Rootजनाधिप
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
K
Kṣatriyas

Educational Q&A

Bhīṣma states a normative rule for Kṣatriyas: their property is to be divided according to an established procedure, specifically into eight shares, emphasizing orderly, dharma-based distribution rather than arbitrary allocation.

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhīṣma continues advising King Yudhiṣṭhira on social and royal norms, here specifying how Kṣatriya wealth should be apportioned.