Shloka 9

Kośa, Bala, and Maryādā: Treasury, Capacity, and Enforceable Limits (कोश-बल-मर्यादा)

Devanagari script

दुःखादान इह होष स्यात्‌ तु पश्चात्‌ क्षयोपम: । अभिगम्यमतीनां हि सर्वासामेव निश्चय:,आपत्तिके समय भी यदि प्रजाको दुःख देकर धन वसूल किया जाता है तो पीछे वह राजाके लिये विनाशके तुल्य सिद्ध होता है। आश्रय लेने योग्य जितनी बुद्धियाँ हैं, उन सबका यही निश्चय है

Transliteration

duḥkhādāna iha hoṣa syāt tu paścāt kṣayopamaḥ | abhigamyamatīnāṃ hi sarvāsām eva niścayaḥ ||

Translation

दुःखादान इह होष स्यात् तु पश्चात् क्षयोपमः । अभिगम्यमतीनां हि सर्वासामेव निश्चयः ॥

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दुःखात्from/owing to suffering

दानम्giving; exaction (as ‘giving’)

इहhere; in this case/at this time

होषःdistress; harm; oppression

स्यात्would be; may become

तुbut; however

पश्चात्afterwards; later

क्षयोपमःlike destruction; ruinous

अभिगम्यto be approached; worthy of resort

मतीनाम्of the understandings/opinions

हिindeed; for

सर्वासाम्of all

एवcertainly; just

निश्चयःdecision; settled conclusion

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भीष्म उवाच

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