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Shloka 73

Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ

Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics

कच्चिच्चायव्यये युक्ता: सर्वे गणकलेखका: । अनुतिष्ठ न्ति पूर्वाह्नि नित्यमायं व्ययं तव,तुम्हारी आमदनी और खर्चको लिखने और जोड़नेके काममें लगाये हुए सभी लेखक और गणक प्रतिदिन पूर्वाह्निकालमें तुम्हारे सामने अपना हिसाब पेश करते हैं न?

kaccic cāyavyaye yuktāḥ sarve gaṇaka-lekhakāḥ | anutiṣṭhanti pūrvāhṇe nityam āyaṃ vyayaṃ tava ||

നാരദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—വരുമാനവും ചെലവും രേഖപ്പെടുത്താനും കണക്കുകൂട്ടാനും നിയോഗിക്കപ്പെട്ട നിന്റെ എല്ലാ എഴുത്തുകാരും കണക്കുകാരും പ്രതിദിനം മുൻപകൽ സമയത്ത് നിന്റെ സന്നിധിയിൽ വരവ്‑ചെലവുകളുടെ സ്ഥിരമായ കണക്കുകൾ സമർപ്പിക്കുന്നുണ്ടോ?

कच्चित्whether? surely? (interrogative particle)
कच्चित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकच्चित्
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
आयव्ययेin income and expenditure
आयव्यये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootआय-व्यय
FormMasculine, Locative, Dual
युक्ताःengaged, appointed
युक्ताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootयुक्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
गणकलेखकाःaccountants and scribes
गणकलेखकाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगणक-लेखक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
अनुतिष्ठन्तिthey carry out / they attend (to their duty)
अनुतिष्ठन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootअनु-स्था
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
पूर्वाह्निin the forenoon
पूर्वाह्नि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपूर्वाह्न
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
नित्यम्daily, always
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
आयम्income
आयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
व्ययम्expenditure
व्ययम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootव्यय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
तवof you / your
तव:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
G
gaṇakāḥ (accountants)
L
lekhakāḥ (scribes/clerks)

Educational Q&A

A ruler’s dharma includes transparent, regular oversight of revenue and expenditure through competent officials; disciplined accounting is presented as an ethical pillar of good governance.

Nārada, in a sequence of welfare-questions to a king, asks whether the appointed scribes and accountants diligently present daily forenoon reports of income and expenses—testing the king’s administrative vigilance.