Shloka 58

Devanagari script

क्षत्रधर्मे प्रशस्तां हि प्राप्तोडस्मि परमां गतिम्‌ । नैष धर्मो महीपाला: शरतल्पगतस्य मे

Transliteration

kṣatradharme praśastāṃ hi prāpto ’smi paramāṃ gatim | naiṣa dharmo mahīpālāḥ śaratālpagatasya me ||

Translation

ಪ್ರಶಂಸಿತ ಕ್ಷತ್ರಿಯಧರ್ಮದಿಂದ ನಾನು ಪರಮಗತಿಯನ್ನು ಪಡೆದಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ಓ ರಾಜರೇ, ಶರಶಯ್ಯೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಬಿದ್ದಿರುವ ನನಗೆ ಈಗ ಇದು ಆಚಾರಧರ್ಮವಲ್ಲ.

Word by Word

• क्षत्रधर्मे: in the kshatriya-duty
• क्षत्रधर्मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• प्रशस्ताम्: praised, commendable
• प्रशस्ताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रशस्त
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• प्राप्तः: having attained
• प्राप्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, First, Singular

• परमाम्: supreme
• परमाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गतिम्: state, goal, destiny
• गतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मः: duty, law
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महीपालाः: O kings (protectors of the earth)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपाल
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Plural

• शरतल्पगतस्य: of (me) lying on the bed of arrows
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरतल्पगत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मे: of me, my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• mahīpālāḥ (kings/rulers)
• kṣatradharma
• śaratālpa (bed of arrows)