Shloka 39

Daṇḍanīti and the King as the Cause of Yuga-Order (दण्डनीतिः राजधर्मश्च युगकारणत्वम्)

Devanagari script

नदीमार्गेषु च तथा संक्रमानवसादयेत्‌ । जलं विस्रावयेत्‌ सर्वमविस्राव्यं च दूषयेत्‌

Transliteration

nadīmārgeṣu ca tathā saṅkramān avasādayet | jalaṃ visrāvayet sarvam avisrāvyaṃ ca dūṣayet ||

Translation

Бхишма сказал: «Так же следует перекрывать речные протоки и делать броды непригодными; всю воду надлежит спустить, а то, что нельзя спустить, — осквернить».

Word by Word

• नदीमार्गेषु: in river-channels/river-routes
• नदीमार्गेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदीमार्ग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• संक्रमान्: fords/crossing-places
• संक्रमान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अवसादयेत्: should sink/ruin (make unusable)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अवसादय (अव + सद्/साद्, causative)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विस्रावयेत्: should cause to flow out/drain
• Type: Verb
• Root: विस्रावय (वि + स्रु, causative)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अविस्राव्यम्: that which should not be drained/let out
• अविस्राव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविस्राव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• दूषयेत्: should pollute/contaminate
• Type: Verb
• Root: दूषय (दूष्, causative)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• river channels (nadī-mārga)
• fords/crossings (saṅkrama)
• water (jala)