Shloka 20

राजवृत्त-रक्षा-प्रणिधि-षाड्गुण्योपदेशः

Royal Conduct, Protection, Intelligence, and Policy Measures

Devanagari script

अन्ताश्चलाकाल एव स्युर्लोको<यं दस्युसाद्‌ भवेत्‌ । पतेयुर्नरकं घोरं यदि राजा न पालयेत्‌,यदि राजा प्रजाका पालन न करे तो अकालमें ही लोगोंकी मृत्यु होने लगे, यह समस्त जगत्‌ डाकुओंके अधीन हो जाय और (पापके कारण) घोर नरकमें गिर जाय

Transliteration

antāś calākāla eva syur loko ’yaṃ dasyusād bhavet | pateyur narakaṃ ghoraṃ yadi rājā na pālayet ||

Translation

ວະສຸມານາ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຄວາມຕາຍກ່ອນເວລາ ແລະ ຄວາມອົດຢາກຈະຄອບງຳ; ໂລກນີ້ຈະຕົກຢູ່ໃຕ້ອຳນາດຂອງໂຈນ. ແລະຖ້າກະສັດບໍ່ປົກປ້ອງປະຊາ ຜູ້ຄົນ—ເນື່ອງຈາກບາບ ແລະ ຄວາມໄຮ້ລະບຽບ—ຈະຕົກລົງສູ່ນະລົກອັນນ່າສະພຶງກົວ»។

Word by Word

• अन्ते: at the end
• अन्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अकालः: famine / untimely time
• अकालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अकाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed / only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• स्युः: would be / might occur
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (भू)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• लोकः: the world / people
• लोकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दस्युसात्: into the power of robbers / under robbers' control
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दस्यु + सात्

• भवेत्: would become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पतेयुः: would fall
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• नरकम्: hell
• नरकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• घोरम्: terrible
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पालयेत्: should protect / would protect
• Type: Verb
• Root: पाल्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वसुमना उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasumanā
• rājā (the king)
• loka (the world/people)
• dasyu (bandits)
• naraka (hell)