Shloka 11

कृपवाक्यं तथा नीत्युपदेशः

Kṛpa’s Counsel and a Discourse on Statecraft

Devanagari script

न वत्वियं मादृशैर्नीतिस्तस्यथ वाच्या कथंचन । सा वत्वियं साधु वक्तव्या न त्वनीति: कथंचन,'युधिष्ठिरकी जो नीति है, उसकी मेरे-जैसे पुरुषोंको कभी निन्दा नहीं करनी चाहिये। उसे अच्छी नीति ही कहनी चाहिये, अनीति कहना किसी प्रकार ठीक नहीं है

Translation

न वक्तव्या मादृशैर्नीतिस्तस्याथ वाच्या कथंचन । सा वक्तव्या साधु वक्तव्या न त्वनीतिः कथंचन ॥

Word by Word

nanot

tubut/indeed

avācyaṃnot to be said / not to be spoken (improper to say)

mādṛśaiḥby men like me

nītiḥpolicy/righteous conduct

tasyaof him/that (i.e., of Yudhiṣṭhira)

athathen/now/and

vācyato be said / should be said

kathaṃcanain any way / ever

sāthat (policy)

vācyaṃto be said / should be said

sādhuwell / rightly

vaktavyāshould be spoken/called

nanot

tubut/indeed

anītiḥunrighteous conduct / bad policy

kathaṃcanain any way / ever

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes