Shloka 9

आपद्धर्मे कोशबलन्यायः | Treasury, Force, and Crisis-Ethics for the King

Devanagari script

शिर: कायानुरूपं च कर्णो नेत्रे तथैव च । तस्य वाक्चैव चेष्टा च सामान्ये राजसत्तम,शरीरके अनुरूप ही उनके मस्तक, कान और नेत्र भी थे। नृपश्रेष्ठ] उनकी वाणी और चेष्टा साधारण थी

Transliteration

śiraḥ kāyānurūpaṃ ca karṇau netre tathaiva ca | tasya vāk caiva ceṣṭā ca sāmānye rājasattama ||

Translation

Bhīṣma disse: “Sua cabeça era proporcional ao corpo; do mesmo modo, suas orelhas e seus olhos. Ó melhor dos reis, sua fala e seu modo exterior de agir eram comuns.”

Word by Word

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कायानुरूपम्: proportionate to the body
• कायानुरूपम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काय-अनुरूप
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कर्णः: ear
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नेत्रे: two eyes
• नेत्रे: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Dual

• तथा: thus, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वाक्: speech
• वाक्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• चेष्टा: movement, conduct
• चेष्टा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेष्टा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सामान्ये: in the ordinary (state), ordinary
• सामान्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सामान्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजसत्तम: O best of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज-सत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• King (addressed as rājasattama)
• Head
• Body
• Ears
• Eyes
• Speech
• Conduct