Shloka 14

Chapter 81: Trust, Allies, and the Qualifications of the King’s Artha-Secretary (अर्थसचिव)

Devanagari script

यस्य क्षेत्रादप्युदकं क्षेत्रमन्‍्यस्य गच्छति । न तत्रानिच्छतस्तस्य भियद्येरन्‌ सर्वसेतव:

Transliteration

yasya kṣetrād apy udakaṃ kṣetram anyasya gacchati | na tatra anicchatas tasya bhidyeyuḥ sarva-setavaḥ ||

Translation

ଯାହାର କ୍ଷେତ୍ରରୁ ବହୁଥିବା ଜଳ ଅନ୍ୟର କ୍ଷେତ୍ରକୁ ଯାଏ, ସେଠାରେ—ଅନ୍ୟର ଉପକାର ହେଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ—ମାଲିକଙ୍କ ଇଚ୍ଛା ବିରୋଧରେ ମେଡ଼/ବନ୍ଧ ଓ ସୀମାବନ୍ଧକୁ ଭାଙ୍ଗିବା କିମ୍ବା କାଟିବା ଉଚିତ୍ ନୁହେଁ।

Word by Word

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• क्षेत्रात्: from the field
• क्षेत्रात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• उदकम्: water
• उदकम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• क्षेत्रम्: field
• क्षेत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अन्यस्य: of another (person)
• अन्यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• गच्छति: goes/flows
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• तत्र: there/in that matter
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• अनिच्छतः: of (him) not wishing/unwilling
• अनिच्छतः: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective (present participle used substantively)
• Root: अनिच्छत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तस्य: of him/of that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भिद्येरन्: should be broken/should be breached
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Plural, Atmanepada

• सर्व: all
• सर्व: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सेतवः: embankments/bunds
• सेतवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• udaka (water)
• kṣetra (field)
• setu (embankment/bund)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when water naturally flows between neighboring fields, one must not violate another person’s consent by breaching their boundary-bunds; dharma protects property and prevents conflict through restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on rājadharma and social regulation, Bhīṣma lays down a practical rule for rural life: managing irrigation and runoff without forcibly damaging another’s embankments.