Shloka 8

Nīti-upadeśa to a Rājaputra: Self-restraint, Alliances, and Rival-Management (नीतिउपदेशः)

Devanagari script

ततः सहायान्‌ सोत्साहॉल्लप्स्यसे5व्यसनान्‌ शुचीन्‌ | वर्तमान: स्वशास्त्रेण संयतात्मा जितेन्द्रिय:

Transliteration

tataḥ sahāyān sotsāhāl lapsyase vyasanān śucīn | vartamānaḥ svaśāstreṇa saṃyatātmā jitendriyaḥ |

Translation

そののち、奮い立つ志をもって、苦難の時にふさわしく心清き助力者を得るであろう。自らに定められた規律に従って生き、心を制し、諸感覚を統べるなら、逆境に耐え、正しき行いによって支えを確かなものとできる。

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: Avyaya

• सहायान्: helpers, allies
• सहायान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहाय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सोत्साहात्: with enthusiasm / from zeal
• सोत्साहात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्साह
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• लप्स्यसे: you will obtain
• लप्स्यसे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (लम्भ्)
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), 2nd person, Singular, Ātmanepada

• अव्यसनान्: free from calamity/distress
• अव्यसनान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यसन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शुचीन्: pure, clean
• शुचीन्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वर्तमानः: abiding, conducting oneself
• वर्तमानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वर्तमान (वृत्-धातोः शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular (present active participle)

• स्वशास्त्रेण: by/according to one’s own teaching/scripture
• स्वशास्त्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वशास्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• संयतात्मा: one whose self is restrained
• संयतात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयतात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जितेन्द्रियः: one who has conquered the senses
• जितेन्द्रियः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जितेन्द्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma