Shloka 6

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

Devanagari script

न्यसेत गुल्मान्‌ दुर्गेषु सनधौ च कुरुनन्दन । नगरोपवने चैव पुरोद्यानेषु चैव ह,कुरुनन्दन! राजाको किलोंमें, राज्यकी सीमापर तथा नगर और गाँवके बगीचोंमें सेना रखनी चाहिये

Transliteration

nyaset gulmān durgeṣu sanadhau ca kurunandana | nagaropavane caiva purodyāneṣu caiva ha ||

Translation

न्यसेद् गुल्मान् दुर्गेषु सनधौ च कुरुनन्दन। नगरोपवने चैव पुरोद्यानेषु चैव ह॥

Word by Word

• न्यसेत: should place/should station
• न्यसेत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√अस् (न्यासयति/न्यस्यति)
• Form: Vidhi-linga, Optative (injunctive sense), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गुल्मान्: troops/companies (detachments)
• गुल्मान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुल्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दुर्गेषु: in forts
• दुर्गेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्ग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• सनधौ: at/near the frontier (border region)
• सनधौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनधि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• कुरुनन्दन: O delight of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु-नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नगरोपवने: in the city-grove/park
• नगरोपवने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगर-उपवन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पुरोद्यानेषु: in the town/village gardens (public gardens)
• पुरोद्यानेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर-उद्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

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

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kurunandana (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• rājā (the king)
• durga (forts)
• gulma (military detachment/garrison)
• nagara-upavana (city gardens)
• pura-udyāna (royal parks/pleasure-groves)
• sīmānta/sanadhi (frontier region)