Shloka 25

दुर्ग-निवेश-राजधर्मः | Fortified Capital and the King’s Residential Polity

Rājadharma

Devanagari script

आश्रमेषु यथाकालं चैलभाजनभोजनम्‌ । सदैवोपहरेद्‌ राजा सत्कृत्याभ्यर्च्य मान्य च

Transliteration

āśrameṣu yathākālaṃ cailabhājanabhojanam | sadaivopahared rājā satkṛtyābhyarcya mānya ca ||

Translation

आश्रमेषु यथाकालं चैलभाजनभोजनम् । सदैवोपहरेद् राजा सत्कृत्याभ्यर्च्य मान्य च ॥

Word by Word

• आश्रमेषु: in the hermitages
• आश्रमेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• यथाकालम्: at the proper time
• यथाकालम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथाकालम्

• चैलभाजनभोजनम्: cloth, vessels, and food (as provisions)
• चैलभाजनभोजनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैलभाजनभोजन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सदैव: always
• सदैव: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• उपहरेत्: should offer / should present
• उपहरेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-हृ
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• सत्कृत्य: having honored / after honoring
• सत्कृत्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्-√कृ
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada

• अभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped / after paying reverence
• अभ्यर्च्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि-√अर्च्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada

• मान्य: one worthy of honor (the venerable person)
• मान्य: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मान्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• rājā (the king)
• āśramas (hermitages)
• caila (garments)
• bhājana (vessels)
• bhojana (food)