Shloka 113

Dasyu-maryādā and Buddhi-guided Rāja-nīti (दस्युमर्यादा तथा बुद्धिप्रधान-राजनीति)

Devanagari script

एतत्‌ ते ब्रह्मदत्तस्य पूजन्या सह भाषितम्‌ | मयोक्तं नृपतिश्रेष्ठ किमन्यच्छोतुमिच्छसि,नृपश्रेष्ठ! राजा ब्रह्मदत्तका पूजनी चिड़ियाके साथ जो संवाद हुआ था, यह मैंने तुम्हें सुना दिया। अब और क्या सुनना चाहते हो?

Transliteration

etat te brahmadattasya pūjanyā saha bhāṣitam | mayoktaṁ nṛpatiśreṣṭha kim anyac chrotum icchasi, nṛpaśreṣṭha |

Translation

Bhīṣma disse: “Ó melhor dos reis, já te relatei a conversa que ocorreu entre o rei Brahmadatta e a ave venerável Pūjanyā. Que mais desejas ouvir?”

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (statement/thing)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• ब्रह्मदत्तस्य: of Brahmadatta
• ब्रह्मदत्तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मदत्त
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पूजन्या: with the venerable (female)
• पूजन्या: Karana
• Type: Adjective (used as noun)
• Root: पूजनीया
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• भाषितम्: the conversation/speech
• भाषितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (verbal noun/ppp used substantively)
• Root: भाषित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• उक्तम्: told/said
• उक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb (past passive participle)
• Root: वच्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• नृपतिश्रेष्ठ: O best of kings
• नृपतिश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: नृपति-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अन्यत्: else/other
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• श्रोतुम्: to hear
• श्रोतुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb (infinitive)
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Infinitive, —, —

• इच्छसि: you wish/desire
• इच्छसि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Brahmadatta
• Pūjanyā
• King (addressee, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira)