Shloka 6

Ānṛśaṃsya, Amātya-Guṇa, and Reconciliatory Counsel (आनृशंस्य–अमात्यगुण–संधि-उपदेशः)

Devanagari script

त्वादृशं हि कुले जातमनृशंसं बहुश्रुतम्‌ । अमात्यं को न कुर्वीत राज्यप्रणयकोविदम्‌

Transliteration

tvādṛśaṃ hi kule jātam anṛśaṃsaṃ bahuśrutam | amātyaṃ ko na kurvīta rājya-praṇaya-kovidam ||

Translation

ତୁମର ଜନ୍ମ ଉଚ୍ଚକୁଳରେ ହୋଇଛି। ତୁମେ ଦୟାଳୁ, ଅନେକ ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରରେ ପାଣ୍ଡିତ୍ୟସମ୍ପନ୍ନ ଏବଂ ରାଜ୍ୟଚାଳନା ଓ ରାଜନୀତିର କଳାରେ କୁଶଳ। ତୁମ ପରି ଯୋଗ୍ୟ ପୁରୁଷକୁ କିଏ ମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ କରିବ ନାହିଁ?

Word by Word

• त्वादृशम्: one like you
• त्वादृशम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वादृश
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• कुले: in a family/lineage
• कुले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जातम्: born
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनृशंसम्: compassionate/non-cruel
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनृशंस
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बहुश्रुतम्: much-learned (one who has heard/learned much)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुश्रुत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अमात्यम्: minister/counsellor
• अमात्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमात्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कः: who?
• कः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• कुर्वीत: would make/should appoint
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular, Potential/should-would

• राज्यप्रणयकोविदम्: skilled in the management/administration of the kingdom
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राज्यप्रणयकोविद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• minister (amātya)
• kingdom/state (rājya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma highlights the ethical and practical qualifications of an ideal minister: noble upbringing, compassion (non-cruelty), broad learning in śāstra, and proven competence in governance. Such virtues make a person naturally worthy of trust and appointment.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the instruction on dharma and governance in the Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma addresses a listener with praise, emphasizing that someone possessing humane character, learning, and administrative skill is exactly the kind of person any ruler would appoint as a minister.