Shloka 20

राजधर्मप्रश्नः — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry into Rājadharma (Śānti-parva 56)

Devanagari script

आर्जवं सर्वकार्येषु श्रयेथा: कुरुनन्दन । पुनर्नयविचारेण त्रयीसंवरणेन च

Transliteration

ārjavaṁ sarvakāryeṣu śrayethāḥ kurunandana | punarnayavicāreṇa trayīsaṁvaraṇena ca ||

Translation

ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: ໂອ ຜູ້ເປັນຄວາມຊື່ນບານແຫ່ງກຸຣຸ! ໃນກິດທຸກຢ່າງ ຈົ່ງອາໄສຄວາມຊື່ສັດຕົງໄປຕົງມາ; ແລະອີກຄັ້ງ ຈົ່ງຄຸ້ມຄອງຕົນໂດຍການພິຈາລະນານະໂຍບາຍຢ່າງລະອຽດ ແລະໂດຍຄວາມສໍາລວມຕາມວິໄນແຫ່ງເວດສາມປະການ.

Word by Word

• आर्जवम्: straightforwardness, rectitude
• आर्जवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्जव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वकार्येषु: in all actions/undertakings
• सर्वकार्येषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• श्रयेथाः: you should resort to / take refuge in / adopt
• श्रयेथाः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रि (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (Vidhi-lin), Second, Singular, Ātmanepada

• कुरुनन्दन: O delight of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु-नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पुनः: again; further
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• नयविचारेण: by consideration of policy/prudence
• नयविचारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नय-विचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• त्रयीसंवरणेन: by the threefold restraint/covering (i.e., restraint in three ways)
• त्रयीसंवरणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रयी-संवरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kurunandana (Yudhiṣṭhira)