Shloka 27

Treasury Security, Protection of Informants, and the Kalakavṛkṣīya Exemplum (Śānti Parva 83)

Devanagari script

नैकान्तेन प्रमादो हि शक्‍्य: कर्तु महीपतौ | नतु प्रमाद: कर्तव्य: कथंचिद्‌ भूतिमिच्छता,राजाके पास रहनेवालोंसे कभी कोई प्रमाद हो ही नहीं, यह तो असम्भव है, परंतु जो अपना भला चाहता हो उसे किसी तरह उसके पास जान-बूझकर प्रमाद नहीं करना चाहिये

Transliteration

naikāntena pramādo hi śakyaḥ kartuṃ mahīpatau | na tu pramādaḥ kartavyaḥ kathaṃcid bhūtim icchatā ||

Translation

Disse Bhīṣma: Não é possível garantir que aqueles que vivem perto de um rei jamais cometam alguma falta. Contudo, quem busca o próprio bem não deve, de modo algum, agir com negligência deliberada na presença do rei.

Word by Word

nanot

ekāntenaentirely; absolutely

pramādaḥnegligence; inadvertence

hiindeed; for

śakyaḥpossible; able to be done

kartumto do; to make

mahīpatauin/with regard to the king (lord of the earth)

nanot

tubut; however

pramādaḥnegligence

kartavyaḥto be done; should be done

kathaṃcitin any way; somehow

bhūtimwelfare; prosperity; good

icchatāby one desiring; wishing

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

mahīpati (the king)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes