Shloka 92

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

Devanagari script

तस्मादन्यत्र यास्यामि वस्तुं नाहमिहोत्सहे । कृतमेतदनार्य मे तव पुत्रे च पार्थिव

Transliteration

tasmād anyatra yāsyāmi vastuṁ nāham ihotsahe | kṛtam etad anāryaṁ me tava putre ca pārthiva ||

Translation

ထို့ကြောင့် ငါသည် အခြားနေရာသို့ သွားမည်။ ဤနေရာတွင် ဆက်လက်နေထိုင်ရန် ငါ့တွင် သတ္တိမရှိ။ အို မင်းကြီး၊ သင်၏သားတော်အပေါ် ငါသည် မသင့်လျော်သော အပြစ်ကို ကျူးလွန်ခဲ့သဖြင့် ဤနေရာတွင် မနေနိုင်တော့။

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that reason
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र

• यास्यामि: I shall go
• यास्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (याति)
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वस्तुम्: to stay/dwell
• वस्तुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (निवासे) → वस्तुम्
• Form: Infinitive (Tumun)

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

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

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• उत्सहे: I am able/dare
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्सह् (उत्सहते)
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 1st, Singular, Ātmanepada

• कृतम्: done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (करणे) → कृत
• Form: Past Passive Participle (Kta), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अनार्यम्: unworthy/ignoble
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनार्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मे: of me/by me (my)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• तव: of you (your)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रे: in/with (regarding) the son
• पुत्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• पार्थिव: O king
• Type: Noun (vocative title)
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भूपाल: O protector of the earth (king)
• Type: Noun (vocative title)
• Root: भूपाल
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

ब्रह्मदत्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्रह्मदत्त (Brahmadatta)
• पार्थिव (the king addressed)
• तव पुत्र (the king's son)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Acknowledging wrongdoing (anārya-karman) creates a moral imperative to withdraw, seek rectification, and avoid persisting in a situation that one has ethically compromised; shame and conscience function as safeguards of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Brahmadatta addresses a king, confessing that he has behaved wrongly toward the king’s son; feeling unfit to remain there, he declares his intention to leave for another place.