Shloka 9

Daṇḍotpatti-kathana (Origin and Function of Daṇḍa) — वसुहोम–मान्धातृ संवाद

Devanagari script

धर्मस्याख्या महाराज व्यवहार इतीष्यते । तस्य लोप: कथ॑ं न स्याल्लोकेष्ववहितात्मन:

Transliteration

dharmasyākhyā mahārāja vyavahāra itīṣyate | tasya lopaḥ kathaṃ na syāl lokeṣv avahitātmanaḥ ||

Translation

भीष्म उवाच—महाराज, धर्मस्याख्या व्यवहार इतीष्यते। तस्य लोपः कथं न स्याल्लोकेष्ववहितात्मनः॥

Word by Word

• धर्मस्य: of dharma
• धर्मस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• आख्या: definition/name
• आख्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आख्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• व्यवहारः: practice/usage; conduct; legal procedure
• व्यवहारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यवहार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus/so (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• ईष्यते: is held/considered
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईष्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive/Impersonal (commonly used as 'is considered')

• तस्य: of that/of it
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• लोपः: loss/cessation/omission
• लोपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कथम्: how
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• स्यात्: would be/should be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Optative (Potential), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• लोकेषु: in the worlds/among people
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• अवहितात्मनः: of one whose mind is attentive/collected
• अवहितात्मनः: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवहितात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mahārāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)