Shloka 9

Brāhmaṇa-bheda-nirṇaya and Rājā’s Regulatory Duties (ब्राह्मणभेदनिर्णयः)

Devanagari script

एतेभ्यो बलिमादद्याद्धीनकोशो महीपति: । ऋते ब्रह्मसमेभ्यश्व देवकल्पेभ्य एव च

Transliteration

etebhyo balim ādadīyād dhīna-kośo mahīpatiḥ | ṛte brahma-samebhyaś ca deva-kalpebhya eva ca ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「国庫の乏しい王は、これらの者から貢租を取り立ててもよい。だが、清浄においてバラモンに等しい者、また行いにおいて神々のごとき者からは取ってはならぬ。たとえ財が逼迫しても、真に徳高く霊性に秀でた者を租税の重荷から守るべきである。国の力は収入のみによらず、ダルマへの敬虔にもよるのだから。」

Word by Word

• एतेभ्यः: from these
• एतेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

• बलिम्: tribute
• बलिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आदद्याद्: should take/collect
• आदद्याद्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• हीनकोशः: having a depleted treasury
• हीनकोशः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हीनकोश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महीपतिः: king (lord of the earth)
• महीपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ऋते: except (excluding)
• ऋते: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऋते

• ब्रह्मसमेभ्यः: from those equal to Brahman (i.e., brahmin-like)
• ब्रह्मसमेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मसम
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

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

• देवकल्पेभ्यः: from those like gods
• देवकल्पेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवकल्प
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

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

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• mahīpati (king)
• bali (tribute/tax)
• brāhmaṇa (implied by brahma-sama)
• deva (implied by deva-kalpa)