Shloka 27
Daṇḍanīti and the King as the Cause of Yuga-Order (दण्डनीतिः राजधर्मश्च युगकारणत्वम्)
Devanagari script
यथा पुत्रास्तथा पोत्रा द्रष्टव्यास्ते न संशय: । भक्तिश्नैषां न कर्तव्या व्यवहारे प्रदर्शिते
Translation
王は自らの民を、子や孫のごとく慈しみの眼で見守るべきである—疑いはない。だが訴訟を裁き正義を行う時には、情に引かれて偏りを生じてはならない。
Word by Word
यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
पुत्राःsons
पुत्राः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तथाso/likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
पोत्राःgrandsons
पोत्राः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपोत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
द्रष्टव्याःare to be regarded/seen
द्रष्टव्याः:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormGerundive (तव्यत्), Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Passive (obligation)
तेthey/those (people)
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भक्तिःaffection/devotion
भक्तिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
एषाम्of these (people)
एषाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
कर्तव्याis to be done/should be shown
कर्तव्या:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormGerundive (तव्यत्), Feminine, Nominative, Singular, Passive (obligation)
व्यवहारेin judicial procedure/transaction
व्यवहारे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootव्यवहार
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
प्रदर्शितेwhen (it is) presented/manifested
प्रदर्शिते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + दृश्
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Locative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes