Shloka 14

Adharmic Victory as Unstable; Rules of Restraint, Mediation, and Conciliation (अधर्मविजय-अध्रुवत्व तथा क्षमा-नयः)

Devanagari script

अमित्रोपग्रहं चास्य ते कुर्यु: क्षिप्रमापदि । संतुष्टा: सर्वतो राजन्‌ राजव्यसनकाड्क्षिण:

Translation

王よ。勝利した王に災厄が降りかかるとき、王の窮地を望む者どもは、反対勢力にあらゆる手段で歓心を買われ、たちまち王の敵の側に与する。

Word by Word

• अमित्रोपग्रहम्: taking the side/support of enemies
• अमित्रोपग्रहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमित्र-उपग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अस्य: of him/of this (king)
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कुर्युः: would do / should do / would make
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र

• आपदि: in calamity / in distress
• आपदि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपद्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• संतुष्टाः: being satisfied
• संतुष्टाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संतुष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वतः: from all sides / in every way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• राजव्यसनकाङ्क्षिणः: desiring the king's misfortune
• राजव्यसनकाङ्क्षिणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राज-व्यसन-काङ्क्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच