Shloka 2

Yogakṣema, Purohita, and the Mucukunda–Vaiśravaṇa Dialogue (योगक्षेम–पुरोहित–मुचुकुन्दवैश्रवणसंवादः)

Devanagari script

यत्रादृष्टं भयं ब्रह्म प्रजानां शमयत्युत । दृष्टं च राजा बाहुभ्यां तद्‌ राज्यं सुखमेधते

Transliteration

yatrādṛṣṭaṃ bhayaṃ brahma prajānāṃ śamayaty uta | dṛṣṭaṃ ca rājā bāhubhyāṃ tad rājyaṃ sukham edhate ||

Translation

Бхишма сказал: Там, где «невидимый страх» — благоговение перед брахманской властью и священным законом дхармы — удерживает и умиротворяет людей, и где вместе с тем стоит «видимая сила» царя, опирающаяся на мощь его рук, — то царство процветает в счастье.

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• अदृष्टम्: unseen (unknown)
• अदृष्टम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदृष्ट
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्म: Brahman; sacred power (of the priestly order)
• ब्रह्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• प्रजानाम्: of the subjects/people
• प्रजानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• शमयति: pacifies, allays
• Type: Verb
• Root: शम्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• उत: and; also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• दृष्टम्: seen (manifest)
• दृष्टम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृष्ट
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बाहुभ्याम्: by (his) two arms; by strength
• बाहुभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• राज्यम्: kingdom, rule
• राज्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सुखम्: happily; in comfort
• Type: Adverb
• Root: सुख

• एधते: prospers, flourishes
• Type: Verb
• Root: इध्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• rājā (the king)
• prajā (subjects/people)
• brahma (Brahmanical/Vedic authority)