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Shloka 17

Kośārtha-Rājadharma: Ethical Revenue Collection and Social Regulation (कोशार्थ-राजधर्मः)

सर्वे तथानुजीवेयुर्न कुर्यु: कर्म चेदिह । सर्व एव इमे लोका न भवेयुरसंशयम्‌,यदि ऐसी व्यवस्था न होती तो सब लोग भीख माँगकर ही गुजारा करते, कोई भी यहाँ कर्म नहीं करता। ऐसी दशामें ये सम्पूर्ण जगत्‌के लोग निःसंदेह नष्ट हो जाते

sarve tathānujīveyur na kuryuḥ karma ced iha | sarva eva ime lokā na bhaveyur asaṁśayam ||

ビーシュマは言った。「もし人々がここで、働かずにそのように(乞いに頼って)生きることを許されるなら、誰も行為をなさなくなる。そのような状態では、これら一切の世界—すなわち人間の秩序そのもの—は疑いなく存続しえない。」

सर्वेall (people)
सर्वे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तथाthus, in that manner
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
अनुजीवेयुःwould live by (subsist on)
अनुजीवेयुः:
TypeVerb
Rootअनु√जीव्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
कुर्युःwould do
कुर्युः:
TypeVerb
Root√कृ
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
कर्मwork, action
कर्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
चेत्if
चेत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचेत्
इहhere (in this world)
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
इमेthese
इमे:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
लोकाःworlds; people
लोकाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
भवेयुःwould be; would exist
भवेयुः:
TypeVerb
Root√भू
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
असंशयम्undoubtedly
असंशयम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअसंशय

भीष्य उवाच

B
Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

Bhīṣma emphasizes that society cannot be sustained if people abandon productive duty and try to live without work; the continuity of the world depends on everyone undertaking appropriate karma (responsible action).

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and the foundations of social stability; here he argues that a system that encourages non-workful subsistence would collapse society, so duty and labor are necessary for the world’s maintenance.