Shloka 32

मोक्षोपाय-निर्णयः

Determination of the Means to Liberation

Devanagari script

आश्वासयद्धि: सुभृशमनुक्रोशात्‌ तथैव च । एतत्‌ प्रथमकल्पेन राजा कृतयुगे जयेत्‌

Transliteration

āśvāsayad dhiḥ subhṛśam anukrośāt tathaiva ca | etat prathamakalpena rājā kṛtayuge jayet, pitāji |

Translation

フマトセーナは言った。「彼らは深い慈悲をもって、私を大いに慰め、教え導いた。ゆえに、わが子よ、クリタ（サティヤ）・ユガ――ダルマが四つの脚すべてで堅固に立つ時代には、王は第一にして最高の懲戒の道、すなわち自制と道義の諭しに基づく、柔和で非暴力の方法によってのみ民を治めるべきである。」

Word by Word

• आश्वासयत्: he reassured/comforted
• आश्वासयत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आश्वासय् (आ-√श्वस् caus.)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• सुभृशम्: exceedingly/very much
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सुभृशम्

• अनुक्रोशात्: from compassion/out of pity
• अनुक्रोशात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुक्रोश
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• तथा: thus/so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

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

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

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• प्रथमकल्पेन: by the first/primary method
• प्रथमकल्पेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रथमकल्प
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृतयुगे: in the Kṛta-yuga (Satya-yuga)
• कृतयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतयुग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जयेत्: should conquer/should win (bring under control)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जि
• Form: Optative (Liṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

हुमत्सेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Humatsena
• king (rājā)
• Kṛta Yuga (Satya Yuga)
• forefathers/ancestors (implied by context of elders instructing)