Shloka 74

Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ

Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics

Devanagari script

कच्चिदर्थेषु सम्प्रौढान्‌ हितकामाननुप्रियान्‌ । नापकर्षसि कर्मभ्य: पूर्वमप्राप्प किल्बिषम्‌,किन्हीं कार्योमें नियुक्त किये हुए प्रौढ़, हितैषी एवं प्रिय कर्मचारियोंको पहले उनके किसी अपराधको जाँच किये बिना तुम कामसे अलग तो नहीं कर देते हो?

Transliteration

kaccid artheṣu samprauḍhān hitakāmān anupriyān | nāpakarṣasi karmabhyaḥ pūrvam aprāpya kilbiṣam ||

Translation

Nārada pergunta: “Nos assuntos do Estado e das riquezas, tu te absténs de afastar de suas funções aqueles oficiais maduros e experientes, bem-intencionados e caros a ti, sem antes estabelecer que de fato incorreram em falta? Em outras palavras, evitas demitir servos leais e capazes antes de apurar devidamente o seu erro?”

Word by Word

• कच्चित्: whether (indeed)?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित्

• अर्थेषु: in matters/affairs
• अर्थेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• सम्प्रौढान्: mature/experienced
• सम्प्रौढान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्प्रौढ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• हितकामान्: desiring (your) welfare; well-wishers
• हितकामान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हितकाम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अनुप्रियान्: friendly/attached; loyal
• अनुप्रियान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुप्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• अपकर्षसि: do you remove/dismiss
• Type: Verb
• Root: अपकृष्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कर्मभ्यः: from duties/works
• कर्मभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Plural

• पूर्वम्: beforehand/previously
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व

• अप्राप्य: without first obtaining/ascertaining
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), आ, अ-

• किल्बिषम्: fault/offence
• किल्बिषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: किल्बिष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Narada