Shloka 8

राष्ट्रगुप्ति-संग्रहः

Protection of the Realm and Principles of Revenue & Local Administration

Devanagari script

शाखानगरमर्हस्तु सहस्रपतिरुत्तम:

Transliteration

śākhānagaram arhas tu sahasrapatir uttamaḥ

Translation

शाखानगरमर्हस्तु सहस्रपतिरुत्तमः ॥

Word by Word

• शाखा: branch
• शाखा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाखा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नगरम्: city
• नगरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अर्हः: worthy, deserving
• अर्हः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्ह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but, however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• सहस्रपतिः: lord of a thousand (epithet)
• सहस्रपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्रपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उत्तमः: best, excellent
• उत्तमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śākhānagara