Shloka 12

दुर्ग-निवेश-राजधर्मः | Fortified Capital and the King’s Residential Polity

Rājadharma

Devanagari script

भाण्डागारायुधागारं प्रयत्नेनाभिवर्धयेत्‌ । निचयान्‌ वर्धयेत्‌ सर्वास्तथा यन्त्रायुधालयान्‌,अन्नभण्डार तथा अस्त्र-शस्त्रोंके संग्रहालयको प्रयत्नपूर्वक बढ़ावे, सब प्रकारकी वस्तुओंके संग्रहालयोंकी भी वृद्धि करे, यन्त्रों तथा अस्त्र-शस्त्रोंके कारखानोंकी उन्नति करे

Transliteration

bhāṇḍāgārāyudhāgāraṁ prayatnenābhivardhayet | nicayān vardhayet sarvāṁs tathā yantrāyudhālayān ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「怠りなく努めて、王は倉庫と武器庫を拡充すべきである。あらゆる備蓄を増やし、また機具と武器の工房・集積所を発展させるべきである。」

Word by Word

• भाण्डागारायुधागारम्: the storehouse and the armoury
• भाण्डागारायुधागारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाण्डागार-आयुधागार
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रयत्नेन: with effort; diligently
• प्रयत्नेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयत्न
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अभिवर्धयेत्: should increase; should augment
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि+वृध्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• निचयान्: stores; accumulations; stockpiles
• निचयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निचय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वर्धयेत्: should increase
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तथा: and likewise; also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• यन्त्रायुधालयान्: workshops/depots of machines and weapons
• यन्त्रायुधालयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यन्त्र-आयुध-आलय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• storehouses (bhāṇḍāgāra)
• armouries (āyudhāgāra)
• reserves/stockpiles (nicaya)
• machines (yantra)
• weapons (āyudha)
• workshops/depots (ālaya)