Shloka 24

आपद्धर्मे कोशबलन्यायः | Treasury, Force, and Crisis-Ethics for the King

Devanagari script

अर्घ्य तत: समानीय पाद्यं चैव महानृषि: । आरण्येनैव विधिना राज्ञे सर्व न्यवेदयत्‌,तत्पश्चात्‌ उन महर्षिने तपोवनमें प्रचलित शिष्टाचारकी विधिसे राजाको पाद्य और अर्घ्य आदि सब वस्तुएँ अर्पित की

Transliteration

arghyaṁ tataḥ samānīya pādyaṁ caiva mahānṛṣiḥ | āraṇyenaiva vidhinā rājñe sarvaṁ nyavedayat ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「それから大聖仙は、アルギャ（敬供）とパードヤ（足を洗う水）を携え、林住の修行者に伝わる作法に従って、これら一切を王に捧げた。」

Word by Word

• अर्घ्यम्: arghya-offering (honorary water/oblation)
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• समानीय: having brought/collected
• समानीय: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-नी
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• पाद्यम्: water for washing the feet
• पाद्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• महानृषिः: the great sage
• महानृषिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महानृषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आरण्येन: by/according to the forest (hermitage) custom
• आरण्येन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आरण्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• विधिना: by the prescribed procedure
• विधिना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• राज्ञे: to the king
• राज्ञे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all (these things)
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• न्यवेदयत्: offered/presented
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-विद्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• great sage (mahānṛṣi)
• king (rājā)
• arghya
• pādya
• forest hermitage custom (āraṇya-vidhi)