Shloka 48

Cyavana’s Water-Vow and the Ethics of Cohabitation (स्नेह-सम्वास-धर्मः)

Devanagari script

एष एव क्रमो हि स्यात्‌ क्षत्रियाणां युधिष्ठिर अष्टधा तु भवेत्‌ कार्य क्षत्रियस्वं जनाधिप,राजा युधिष्ठिर! क्षत्रियोंके लिये भी बँटवारेका यही क्रम है। क्षत्रियके धनको आठ भागोंमें विभक्त करना चाहिये

Transliteration

eṣa eva kramo hi syāt kṣatriyāṇāṃ yudhiṣṭhira | aṣṭadhā tu bhavet kāryaṃ kṣatriyasvaṃ janādhipa ||

Translation

Бхишма сказал: «О Юдхиштхира, таков поистине надлежащий порядок для кшатриев. Но, о владыка людей, богатство, принадлежащее кшатрию, следует разделить на восемь долей».

Word by Word

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• क्रमः: order/procedure
• क्रमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• स्यात्: should be/would be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• क्षत्रियाणाम्: of the Kshatriyas
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhishthira
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अष्टधा: in eight ways/into eight parts
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अष्टधा

• तु: but/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• भवेत्: should be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कार्यम्: to be done/required act
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• क्षत्रियस्वम्: Kshatriya property/wealth
• क्षत्रियस्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रियस्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• जनाधिप: O ruler of people
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनाधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kṣatriyas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma states a normative rule for Kṣatriyas: their property is to be divided according to an established procedure, specifically into eight shares, emphasizing orderly, dharma-based distribution rather than arbitrary allocation.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhīṣma continues advising King Yudhiṣṭhira on social and royal norms, here specifying how Kṣatriya wealth should be apportioned.