Shloka 21

धन-राजधर्म संवादः

Discourse on Wealth and Royal Duty

Devanagari script

धर्म: कामश्न स्वर्गश्न हर्ष: क्रोध: श्रुतं दम: । अथदितानि सर्वाणि प्रवर्तन्ते नराधिप

Translation

Wahai Raja! Dengan harta, terlaksanalah pemeliharaan dharma, tertunailah hasrat, tercapailah syurga, bertambahlah kegembiraan, terlaksanalah maksud amarah, dapatlah didengar dan dipelajari śāstra, serta dapatlah musuh ditundukkan—segala pekerjaan ini menjadi berhasil.

Word by Word

• धर्मः: dharma, righteousness
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कामः: desire, pleasure
• कामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वर्गः: heaven
• स्वर्गः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हर्षः: joy, delight
• हर्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्रोधः: anger
• क्रोधः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रुतम्: learning; what is heard (scriptural study)
• श्रुतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• दमः: restraint; subduing (control)
• दमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एतानि: these
• एतानि: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• प्रवर्तन्ते: proceed; come into operation; are set in motion
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√वृत्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Plural

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नरेश्वर: O king (lord of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच