Shloka 3
Vyavahāra-Śuddhi and Rājadharma: Clean Administration, Counsel, and Proportional Punishment
Chapter 86
Devanagari script
युधिछिर उवाच कीदशैरव्यवहारैस्तु कैश्न व्यवहरेन्नप: । एतत्पृष्टो महाप्राज्ञ यथावद् वक्तुमहसि
Transliteration
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kīdṛśair avyavahārais tu kaiś ca vyavaharen nṛpaḥ | etat pṛṣṭo mahāprājña yathāvad vaktum arhasi ||
Translation
ਯੁਧਿਸ਼ਠਿਰ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ—ਹੇ ਮਹਾਪ੍ਰਾਜ্ঞ! ਅਣਉਚਿਤ ਚਾਲ-ਚਲਨ ਵਾਲਿਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਰਾਜਾ ਕਿਹੋ ਜਿਹੇ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਅਤੇ ਕਿਹੜੇ ਢੰਗ ਨਾਲ ਵਰਤਾਓ ਕਰੇ? ਇਹ ਪੁੱਛਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ, ਤਾਂ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਇਸ ਨੂੰ ਠੀਕ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਕ੍ਰਮਵਾਰ ਦੱਸੋ।
Word by Word
युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira
युधिष्ठिरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular
कीदृशैःwith what kind (of)
कीदृशैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootकीदृश
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
व्यवहारैःdealings, modes of conduct
व्यवहारैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootव्यवहार
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
तुindeed, but
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
कैःwith whom (with which persons)
कैः:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
व्यवहरेत्should व्यवहार/behave, should deal
व्यवहरेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootव्यवहृ
FormOptative, Third, Singular
नृपःa king
नृपः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनृप
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
पृष्टःbeing asked
पृष्टः:
TypeVerb
Rootपृच्छ्
Formक्त, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
महाप्राज्ञO greatly wise one
महाप्राज्ञ:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहाप्राज्ञ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
यथावत्properly, as it truly is
यथावत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथावत्
वक्तुम्to speak
वक्तुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
Formतुमुन्, Active
अर्हसिyou ought, you are fit
अर्हसि:
TypeVerb
Rootअर्ह्
FormPresent, Second, Singular
Speaker
युधिछिर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Y
YudhiṣṭhiraN
nṛpaḥ (the king)M
mahāprājña (the wise interlocutor)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes