Shloka 64

Treasury Security, Protection of Informants, and the Kalakavṛkṣīya Exemplum (Śānti Parva 83)

Devanagari script

राजन्नात्मानमाचक्षे सम्बन्धी भवतो हाहम्‌ | मुनि: कालकवृक्षीय इत्येवमभिसंज्ञित:

Transliteration

rājann ātmānam ācakṣe sambandhī bhavato hāham | muniḥ kālakavṛkṣīya ity evam abhisaṃjñitaḥ ||

Translation

भीष्म उवाच—राजन्, आत्मानमाचक्षे; सम्बन्धी भवतो ह्यहम्। मुनिः कालकवृक्षीय इत्येवमभिसंज्ञितः॥

Word by Word

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• आत्मानम्: myself
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आचक्षे: I declare / I state
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चक्ष्
• Form: Perfect, First, Singular, Atmanepada

• सम्बन्धी: a kinsman / relation
• सम्बन्धी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्बन्धिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवतः: of you
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• हा: alas!
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कालकवृक्षीयः: belonging to/descended from Kālaka-vṛkṣa (a lineage/epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कालक-वृक्षीय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एवम्: in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• अभिसंज्ञितः: so named / designated
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-सम्-ज्ञा (अभिसंज्ञित)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• King (rājan)
• Muni Kālakavṛkṣīya