Shloka 24

Kṣātra-Dharma, Daṇḍanīti, and Social Order

Indra–Māndhātṛ Dialogue

Devanagari script

यदि हासौ भगवान्‌ नाहनिष्यद्‌ रिपून्‌ सर्वानसुरानप्रमेय: । न ब्राह्मणा न च लोकादिकर्ता नायं धर्मो नादिधर्मो5भविष्यत्‌,यदि वे अप्रमेय भगवान्‌ श्रीहरि समस्त शत्रुरूप असुरोंका संहार नहीं करते तो न कहीं ब्राह्मणोंका पता लगता, न जगतके आदिस्रष्टा ब्रद्माजी ही दिखायी देते। न यह धर्म रहता और न आदि धर्मका ही पता लग सकता था

Transliteration

yadi hāsau bhagavān nāhaniṣyad ripūn sarvān asurān aprameyaḥ | na brāhmaṇā na ca lokādikartā nāyaṃ dharmo nādi-dharmo bhaviṣyat ||

Translation

ອິນທຣະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຖ້າພຣະອົງຜູ້ຫາທີ່ສຸດບໍ່ໄດ້ ບໍ່ໄດ້ສັງຫານອະສຸຣະທັງປວງຜູ້ເປັນສັດຕູ ແລ້ວ ບຣາຫມັນກໍຈະບໍ່ມີໃຫ້ຮູ້ຈັກ ແລະ ພຣະພຣະຫມາ—ຜູ້ສ້າງໂລກແຕ່ເດີມ—ກໍຈະບໍ່ປາກົດ. ທຳນີ້ຈະບໍ່ອາດດຳລົງຢູ່ ແລະ ແມ່ນແຕ່ແນວຄິດເຖິງທຳດັ້ງເດີມກໍຈະບໍ່ຖືກຮັບຮູ້»។

Word by Word

• yadi: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi

• ha: indeed/for emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha

• asau: that (he)
• asau: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asau
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• ahanīṣyat: would kill/slay
• Type: Verb
• Root: han
• Form: conditional (potential past; liṅ-arthīya/vidhiliṅ-like usage in epic), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• ripūn: enemies
• ripūn: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ripu
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• asurān: asuras/demons
• asurān: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: asura
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• aprameyaḥ: immeasurable/incomprehensible
• aprameyaḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aprameya
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• brāhmaṇāḥ: Brahmins
• brāhmaṇāḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• na: nor/not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

• lokādi-kartā: the creator of the beginning of the worlds
• lokādi-kartā: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: lokādi-kartṛ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• dharmaḥ: dharma/righteous order
• dharmaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• na: nor/not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• ādi-dharmaḥ: primeval/original dharma
• ādi-dharmaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādi-dharma
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• abhaviṣyat: would be/would exist
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū
• Form: conditional (potential past), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

Speaker

इन्द्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Bhagavan (the Lord)
• Asuras
• Brahmins
• Lokadikarta (primal creator, i.e., Brahma)