Shloka 74

Dasyu-maryādā and Buddhi-guided Rāja-nīti (दस्युमर्यादा तथा बुद्धिप्रधान-राजनीति)

Devanagari script

सदा न विश्वसेद्‌ राजन्‌ पापं कृत्वेह कस्यचित्‌ । अपकृत्य परेषां हि विश्वासाद्‌ दुः:खमश्लुते

Transliteration

sadā na viśvased rājan pāpaṃ kṛtveha kasyacit | apakṛtya pareṣāṃ hi viśvāsād duḥkham aśnute rājan ||

Translation

ဗြဟ္မဒတ္တက မိန့်တော်မူသည်— အို မင်းကြီး၊ ဤလောက၌ မိမိအပေါ် အပြစ်ပြုခဲ့သူကို နောက်တစ်ဖန် ယုံကြည်မထားသင့်။ အကြောင်းမှာ အခြားသူတို့ကို ထိခိုက်စေပြီးနောက်တောင် မမှန်ကန်သော ယုံကြည်မှုကြောင့် သူတို့ကို ယုံကြည်နေသူသည် မလွဲမသွေ ဒုက္ခကို ခံစားရမည်။

Word by Word

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

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

• विश्वसेत्: should trust
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विश्वस्
• Form: Vidhi-linga, injunctive/optative sense, 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• पापम्: sin, wrongdoing
• पापम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• कृत्वा: having done
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active (parasmai sense)

• इह: here, in this world
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• कस्यचित्: of anyone, of someone
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कस् + चित्
• Form: masculine/neuter (contextual), genitive, singular

• अपकृत्य: having harmed, having done wrong
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप + √कृ
• Form: क्त्वा/ल्यप्-type gerund (absolutive), active (parasmai sense)

• परेषाम्: of others
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• विश्वासात्: from trust; due to trusting
• विश्वासात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वास
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• दुःखम्: sorrow, suffering
• दुःखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अश्नुते: obtains, experiences
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अश्
• Form: Lat, present, 3, singular, Atmanepada

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

ब्रह्मदत्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Brahmadatta
• Rājan (the King, addressee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches prudent discernment: after someone has committed wrongdoing, trusting them again is dangerous; misplaced trust in a proven wrongdoer leads to suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

In a didactic exchange within the Śānti Parva, Brahmadatta addresses a king and offers counsel on governance and personal conduct, warning that confidence in those who have already acted sinfully or harmed others results in grief.