Shloka 23
Kṣātra-dharma as the Public Foundation of Dharma (क्षात्रधर्म-प्रशंसा)
Devanagari script
न चैतन्नैष्ठिकं कर्म त्रयाणां भूरिदक्षिण । चतुर्णा राजशार्दूल प्राहुराश्रमवासिनाम्
Translation
ဘီရှ္မက မိန့်ကြားသည်– «အလှူဒက္ခိဏာကို များစွာပေးနိုင်သော မင်းမြတ်၊ ဤဘိက္ခာဖြင့် အသက်မွေးခြင်းသည် က္ෂတ္တရိယတို့အပါအဝင် ဝဏ္ဏသုံးပါးအတွက် နိစ္စ သို့မဟုတ် မဖြစ်မနေ လုပ်ရမည့် ကర్మ မဟုတ်ကြ။ အာရှရမလေးပါး၌ နေထိုင်သူတို့၏ ကर्मများသည်လည်း သူတို့အတွက် အလိုအလျောက် (ရွေးချယ်နိုင်သော) အရာဟု ဆိုကြသည်»။
Word by Word
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
नैष्ठिकम्obligatory/constant (as a fixed duty)
नैष्ठिकम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootनैष्ठिक
Formneuter, nominative, singular
कर्मduty; act
कर्म:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
त्रयाणाम्of three
त्रयाणाम्:
TypeNumeral
Rootत्रि
Formcommon, genitive, plural
भूरि-दक्षिणO one of abundant gifts (liberal giver)
भूरि-दक्षिण:
TypeAdjective
Rootभूरि + दक्षिण
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
चतुर्णाम्of four
चतुर्णाम्:
TypeNumeral
Rootचतुर्
Formcommon, genitive, plural
राज-शार्दूलO tiger among kings
राज-शार्दूल:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् + शार्दूल
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
प्राहुःthey have said; they declare
प्राहुः:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + अह्
Formperfect (liṭ), 3rd, plural
आश्रम-वासिनाम्of the dwellers in the āśramas (those in the four stages of life)
आश्रम-वासिनाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootआश्रम + वासिन्
Formmasculine, genitive, plural
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes