Shloka 7

Kośa-saṃjanana and Subtle Dharma

Treasury Formation and Fine-Grained Ethics

Devanagari script

श्रियो हि कारणाद्‌ राजा सत्क्रियां लभते पराम्‌ | सास्य गूहति पापानि वासो गुह्यूमिव स्त्रिया:,लक्ष्मीके कारण ही राजा सर्वत्र बड़ा भारी आदर-सत्कार पाता है। जैसे कपड़ा नारीके गुप्त अंगोंको छिपाये रखता है, उसी प्रकार लक्ष्मी राजाके सारे दोषोंको ढक लेती है

Transliteration

śriyo hi kāraṇād rājā satkriyāṁ labhate parām | sāsyā gūhati pāpāni vāso guhyaṁ iva striyāḥ ||

Translation

Disse Bhishma: É por causa da prosperidade (Lakshmi) que um rei recebe, em toda parte, a mais alta honra e um serviço reverente. Essa mesma prosperidade encobre as suas faltas e pecados, assim como uma veste cobre as partes íntimas de uma mulher.

Word by Word

• श्रियाḥ: of fortune/wealth (Lakṣmī)
• श्रियाḥ: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (स्त्री.)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• कारणात्: from/because of the cause (i.e., due to)
• कारणात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (नपुं.)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (पुं.)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्क्रियम्: honour/respectful reception
• सत्क्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्क्रिया (स्त्री.)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• लभते: obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: Present, Ātmanepada, 3rd, Singular

• पराम्: supreme/great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (विशेषण)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सा: she (that fortune)
• सा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्य: of him/of this (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• गूहति: conceals/hides
• Type: Verb
• Root: गूह् (धातु)
• Form: Present, Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular

• पापानि: sins/evils/faults
• पापानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (नपुं.)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• वासः: a garment/cloth
• वासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस् (नपुं.)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• गुह्यम्: the secret part/private parts
• गुह्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुह्य (विशेषण/नाम)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• स्त्रियाः: of a woman
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (स्त्री.)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• King (rājā)
• Śrī/Lakṣmī (prosperity/fortune)
• Garment/cloth (vāsaḥ)