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Shloka 33

Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ

Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics

आप्तैरलुब्धै: क्रमिकैस्ते च कच्चिदनुषछिता: । कच्चिद्‌ राजन्‌ कृतान्येव कृतप्रायाणि वा पुन:

āptair alubdhaiḥ kramikais te ca kaccid anuśchitāḥ | kaccid rājan kṛtāny eva kṛtaprāyāṇi vā punaḥ ||

നാരദൻ പറഞ്ഞു— രാജാവേ, നിന്റെ കാര്യങ്ങൾ വിശ്വസ്തരും ലാഭലോഭമില്ലാത്തവരും ക്രമശീലമുള്ളവരുമായ ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥർ ശരിയായി നടത്തുന്നതുണ്ടോ? രാജാവേ, നീ ഏറ്റെടുത്ത പ്രവർത്തികൾ യഥാർത്ഥത്തിൽ പൂർത്തിയായിട്ടുണ്ടോ—അല്ലെങ്കിൽ കുറഞ്ഞപക്ഷം പൂർത്തിയിലേക്കു സമീപിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ടോ?

आप्तैःby trustworthy (persons)
आप्तैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootआप्त
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
अलुब्धैःby ungreedy (persons)
अलुब्धैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootअलुब्ध
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
क्रमिकैःby orderly/regular (officials)
क्रमिकैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रमिक
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
तेthey
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
कच्चित्whether (I wonder)/surely?
कच्चित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकच्चित्
अनुशिष्टाःinstructed/discipled
अनुशिष्टाः:
TypeVerb
Rootअनुशास्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)
कच्चित्whether (I wonder)/surely?
कच्चित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकच्चित्
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
कृतानिdone (things)/accomplished (acts)
कृतानि:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकृत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
कृतप्रायाणिalmost done/nearly accomplished
कृतप्रायाणि:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकृतप्राय
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
पुनःagain/further
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
T
the King (rājan)

Educational Q&A

A ruler must ensure good governance through trustworthy, non-greedy, orderly administrators, and must verify that state duties are actually completed (or at least steadily brought to completion), not merely begun.

Nārada continues a sequence of probing ‘kaccit’ questions to the king, checking the health of his administration—whether competent, ethical officials are in place and whether royal undertakings are being properly finished.