Shloka 13

राजधर्मः—प्रमादवर्जनं, दण्डनीतिः, दुर्बलरक्षणम्

Royal Dharma: Vigilance, Just Punishment, Protection of the Vulnerable

Devanagari script

यच्च भूतं सम्भजते ये च भूतास्तदन्वया: । अधर्मस्थे हि नृपतौ सर्वे शोचन्ति पार्थिव,भूपाल! राजा जिन प्राणियोंको अन्न आदि देकर उनकी सेवा करता है और जो प्राणी राजासे सम्बन्ध रखते हैं, वे सब-के-सब उस राजाके अधर्मपरायण होनेपर शोक प्रकट करने लगते हैं

Transliteration

yac ca bhūtaṃ sambhajate ye ca bhūtās tad-anvayāḥ | adharmasthe hi nṛpatau sarve śocanti pārthiva ||

Translation

यच्च भूतं सम्भजते ये च भूतास्तदन्वयाः । अधर्मस्थे हि नृपतौ सर्वे शोचन्ति पार्थिव ॥

Word by Word

यत्whatever (being/thing)

चand

भूतम्a being/creature

सम्भजतेserves/attends to, shares with

येwho (those who)

चand

भूताःbeings/creatures

तत्that

अन्वयाःconnected/related (followers, dependents)

अधर्मस्थेwhen (he) is established in unrighteousness

हिindeed/for

नृपतौin the king

सर्वेall

शोचन्तिgrieve, lament

पार्थिवO king (earth-lord)

Speaker

उतथ्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Utathya

nṛpati (the king/ruler)

pārthiva (addressed sovereign)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes