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Shloka 30

राजसूयविचारः — Deliberation on the Rajasuya and the Summoning of Kṛṣṇa

युद्ध च क्षत्रशमनं पृथिवीक्षयकारणम्‌ | किंचिदेव निमित्तं च भवत्यत्र क्षयावहम्‌,तथा इसका अनुष्ठान होनेपर कोई एक ऐसा निमित्त भी बन जाता है, जिससे पृथ्वीपर विनाशकारी युद्ध उपस्थित हो जाता है, जो क्षत्रियोंके संहार और भूमण्डलके विनाशका कारण होता है

yuddhaṃ ca kṣatra-śamanaṃ pṛthivī-kṣaya-kāraṇam | kiñcid eva nimittaṃ ca bhavaty atra kṣayāvaham |

Нарада сказал: «Война несёт гибель сословию кшатриев и становится причиной истощения земли. В таком положении даже самый малый предлог может возникнуть — и оказаться пагубным, — и из него на земле разразится опустошительная война, ведущая к истреблению кшатриев и к широкому разорению».

युद्धम्war
युद्धम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयुद्ध
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
क्षत्रशमनम्the pacification/destruction of kshatriyas
क्षत्रशमनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्र-शमन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
पृथिवीक्षयकारणम्cause of the destruction of the earth
पृथिवीक्षयकारणम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी-क्षय-कारण
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
किञ्चित्some, a certain (thing)
किञ्चित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिञ्चित्
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
निमित्तम्cause, occasion
निमित्तम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनिमित्त
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
भवतिbecomes, arises
भवति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
अत्रhere, in this matter
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
क्षयावहम्bringing destruction
क्षयावहम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootक्षय-आवह
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
K
kṣatriyas
P
pṛthivī (the earth)

Educational Q&A

War is intrinsically ruinous: it destroys the kṣatriya order and harms the earth itself. Therefore even minor provocations (nimitta) can become catastrophic when the conditions for conflict are present, warning rulers to restrain escalation and guard against small triggers.

Nārada is speaking in the Sabha Parva context, reflecting on the nature and consequences of war. He emphasizes how easily a destructive conflict can arise from a small pretext and how such war leads to mass kṣatriya slaughter and widespread devastation.