Shloka 9

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

Devanagari script

इति राष्ट्र परिपतन्‌ बहुभि: पुरुषैः सह | सर्वेषां राजयुक्तानां दुष्करं परिदृष्टवान्‌,यही कहते हुए वे बहुतेरे मनुष्योंके साथ उस राष्ट्रमें सब ओर घूमते फिरे। उन्होंने राजकार्यमें लगे हुए समस्त कर्मचारियोंका दुष्कर्म अपनी आँखों देखा

Transliteration

iti rāṣṭra-paripatan bahubhiḥ puruṣaiḥ saha | sarveṣāṃ rājayuktānāṃ duṣkaraṃ paridṛṣṭavān |

Translation

Bhīṣma disse: “Dizendo assim, ele percorreu o reino em todas as direções, acompanhado de muitos homens. Nessa jornada, viu com os próprios olhos a grave má conduta de todos os que serviam na administração do rei.”

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• राष्ट्रे: in the kingdom/state
• राष्ट्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• परिपतन्: going about, roaming
• परिपतन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-√पत्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, singular

• बहुभिः: with many
• बहुभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, plural

• पुरुषैः: men, persons
• पुरुषैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

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

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• राजयुक्तानाम्: of those engaged in royal duties
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राजयुक्त
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• दुष्करम्: misdeed / wrongdoing (lit. difficult act)
• दुष्करम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्कर
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• परिदृष्टवान्: saw, observed
• परिदृष्टवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-√दृश्
• Form: क्तवतु (perfective past active participle), masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• kingdom (rāṣṭra)
• royal officials (rājayuktāḥ)