Shloka 5

आपद्-राजनीतिः (Āpad-rājanīti) — Policy Options in Multi-Front Crisis

Devanagari script

प्रतिग्रहमहं राज्ञां न करिष्ये कथठ्चन । अन्‍्येषां चैव वर्णानामिति कृत्वा धियं तदा

Transliteration

pratigraham ahaṃ rājñāṃ na kariṣye kathaṃcana | anyeṣāṃ caiva varṇānām iti kṛtvā dhiyaṃ tadā

Translation

ရိෂဘက ပြောသည်– «မည်သည့်အခြေအနေမျိုးတွင်မဆို မင်းတို့ထံမှ လက်ဆောင် (ဒာန) ကို ငါ မခံယူမည်မဟုတ်။ အခြားသော လူမှုအတန်းအစားတို့ထံမှလည်း မခံယူမည်» ဟု ထိုအခါ စိတ်၌ ဆုံးဖြတ်ပြီး၊ ထိုကတိသစ္စာ (ဝရတ) အပေါ်တွင် မိမိအကျင့်ကို တည်စေ하였다။

Word by Word

• प्रतिग्रहम्: acceptance (of gifts)
• प्रतिग्रहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• राज्ञाम्: of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• करिष्ये: I shall do / I shall accept
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Ātmanepada

• कथञ्चन: in any way; ever
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथञ्चन

• अन्येषाम्: of others
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• वर्णानाम्: of the social classes (varṇas)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• कृत्वा: having made; having resolved
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Absolutive (Ktva), Active

• धियम्: thought; intention
• धियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

ऋषभ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣabha
• kings (rājānaḥ)
• varṇas (social orders)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches restraint and moral independence: refusing gifts (pratigraha), especially from powerful patrons like kings, to avoid obligation, compromise, or entanglement. It frames ethical purity as grounded in a firm inner resolve (dhiyaṃ kṛtvā).

What is happening in the narrative?

Ṛṣabha articulates a personal vow: he decides that he will not accept gifts from kings, nor from others of different social orders, and he establishes this as a settled intention. The moment marks a deliberate commitment to an ascetic or principled mode of life.