Shloka 73

Devanagari script

उपगृहा तु वैराणि सान्त्वयन्ति नराधिप । अथीनं प्रतिपिंषन्ति पूर्ण घटमिवाश्मनि,नरेश्वर! दुष्ट प्रकृतिके लोग मनमें वैर रखकर ऊपरसे शत्रुको मधुर वचनोंद्वारा सान्त्वना देते रहते हैं। तदनन्तर अवसर पाकर उसे उसी प्रकार पीस डालते हैं, जैसे कोई पानीसे भरे हुए घड़ेको पत्थरपर पटककर चूर-चूर कर दे

Transliteration

brahmadatta uvāca | upagṛhā tu vairāṇi sāntvayanti narādhipa | athīnaṃ pratipiṃṣanti pūrṇa-ghaṭam ivāśmani, nareśvara ||

Translation

ພຣະບຣະຫມະດັດຕະກ່າວວ່າ: ໂອ ພຣະຣາຊາ, ຄົນຈິດຊົ່ວມັກຊ່ອນຄວາມອາຄາດໄວ້ໃນໃຈ ແລ້ວພາຍນອກກໍເວົ້າຄໍາຫວານ ຄໍາປອບໂຍນ ເພື່ອກົດໃຈຄົນທີ່ບໍ່ລະແວງ. ແລ້ວເມື່ອໄດ້ໂອກາດ ກໍບີບຂະຍີ້ໃຫ້ແຕກພັງສິ້ນ— ເຫມືອນທຸບໄຫນ້ໍາເຕັມໃສ່ຫີນໃຫ້ແຕກກະຈາຍ.

Word by Word

उपगृहाhostilities, enmities

तुbut, however

वैराणिenmities

सान्त्वयन्तिthey conciliate, they soothe

नराधिपO king (lord of men)

अथthen, thereafter

एनम्him

प्रतिपिंषन्तिthey crush, they grind down

पूर्णम्full

घटम्a pot, jar

इवlike, as

अश्मनिon a stone

नरेश्वरO king (lord of men)

Speaker

ब्रह्मदत्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

Brahmadatta

narādhipa (king)

nareśvara (king)

pūrṇa-ghaṭa (water-filled pot)

aśman (stone)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Do not judge intentions solely by pleasant speech: people of corrupt nature may hide enmity behind conciliatory words and strike when you are unguarded. A ruler should combine compassion with vigilance and discernment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Brahmadatta is instructing a king about the danger of hypocritical enemies: they first pacify their target with sweet talk, then seize an opportunity to destroy him completely, illustrated by the image of a full pot smashed on a stone.