Shloka 9

अध्याय ५७ — राज्ञः नित्यप्रयत्नः, रक्षा-प्रधानता, तथा त्याग-नीतिः

Chapter 57: Constant Royal Vigilance, Primacy of Protection, and Principles of Dismissal

Devanagari script

असमज्जा: सरय्वां स पौराणां बालकान्‌ नृप । न्‍्यमज्जयदत: पित्रा निर्भत्स्य स विवासित:

Transliteration

Asamañjāḥ Sarayvāṁ sa paurāṇāṁ bālakān nṛpa | nyamajjayad ataḥ pitrā nirbhartsya sa vivāsitaḥ ||

Translation

ନରେଶ୍ୱର! ଅସମଞ୍ଜ ପୌରମାନଙ୍କ ଶିଶୁମାନଙ୍କୁ ଧରି ସରୟୂ ନଦୀରେ ଡୁବାଇ ଦେଉଥିଲା; ତେଣୁ ତାଙ୍କ ପିତା କଠୋର ଭର୍ତ୍ସନା କରି ତାକୁ ଘରୁ ବହିଷ୍କୃତ କଲେ।

Word by Word

• असमञ्जाः: Asamañjā (name of a prince)
• असमञ्जाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: असमञ्जा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सरय्वाम्: in the Sarayū (river)
• सरय्वाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरयू
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पौराणाम्: of the townspeople/citizens
• पौराणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• बालकान्: boys/children
• बालकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बालक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• न्यमज्जयत्: made (them) sink/drowned
• Type: Verb
• Root: मज्ज् (मज्जने)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Causative (ṇic), Parasmaipada

• अतः: therefore/for that reason
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः

• पित्रा: by (his) father
• पित्रा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• निर्भर्त्स्य: having rebuked/scolded
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्भर्त्स्
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā/lyap), gerund (having rebuked)

• सः: he
• सः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विवासितः: was banished/exiled
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + वस् (वासे)
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नरेश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• नरेश्वर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Asamanja
• the father of Asamanja
• townspeople (paurāḥ)
• children (bālakāḥ)
• Sarayū river

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Cruelty toward the innocent is adharma and must be checked even within a royal family; rightful authority (here, the father’s) may impose censure and exile to protect society and uphold dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma recounts that the prince Asamanja habitually drowned citizens’ children in the Sarayū; as a consequence, his father rebuked him and expelled him from the home/kingdom.