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Shloka 8

मरुत्तोपाख्यान-प्रस्तावः — Genealogy to Marutta and the Logistics of Royal Sacrifice

खनीनेत्रस्तु विक्रान्तो जित्वा राज्यमकण्टकम्‌ । नाशकद्‌ रक्षितुं राज्यं नान्वरज्यन्त तं प्रजा:,खनीनेत्र पराक्रमी होनेके कारण निष्कण्टक राज्यको जीतकर भी उसकी रक्षा न कर सका; क्योंकि प्रजाका उसमें अनुराग न था

khanīnetras tu vikrānto jitvā rājyam akaṇṭakam | nāśakad rakṣituṁ rājyam nānvarajyanta taṁ prajāḥ ||

ഖനീനെത്രൻ പരാക്രമശാലിയായിരുന്നിട്ടും, തടസ്സമില്ലാത്ത രാജ്യം ജയിച്ചിട്ടും അതിനെ കാത്തുസൂക്ഷിക്കാൻ കഴിഞ്ഞില്ല; കാരണം പ്രജകൾക്ക് അവനോടു സ്നേഹാനുരാഗം ഉണ്ടായില്ല.

खनीनेत्रःone whose eyes are like a khanī (i.e., khanī-eyed; a proper epithet/name)
खनीनेत्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootखनी-नेत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
विक्रान्तःvaliant, mighty
विक्रान्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविक्रान्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जित्वाhaving conquered
जित्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootजि
FormAbsolutive (ktvā)
राज्यम्kingdom
राज्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootराज्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अकण्टकम्thornless; free from obstacles/enemies
अकण्टकम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअकण्टक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अशकत्was able
अशकत्:
TypeVerb
Rootशक्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
रक्षितुम्to protect
रक्षितुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootरक्ष्
FormInfinitive (tumun)
राज्यम्the kingdom
राज्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootराज्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अन्वरज्यन्तwere attached to / were devoted to
अन्वरज्यन्त:
TypeVerb
Rootअनु-रञ्ज्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Ātmanepada
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
प्रजाःthe subjects/people
प्रजाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
K
Khanīnetra
P
prajāḥ (the subjects/people)
R
rājya (the kingdom)

Educational Q&A

Conquest alone does not secure a kingdom; a ruler must win and sustain the subjects’ trust and affection through righteous, welfare-oriented governance. Without popular allegiance, even an uncontested realm becomes unstable.

Vyāsa narrates an example: the warrior-king Khanīnetra, despite successfully conquering an unobstructed kingdom, fails to maintain it because the people do not become attached or loyal to him.