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Shloka 7

Hiḍimba’s Approach and Hiḍimbā’s Warning to Bhīmasena (हिडिम्बागमनम् / हिडिम्बा-भयवचनम्)

नित्यमुद्यतदण्डाद्धि भृशमुद्धिजते जन: । तस्मात्‌ सर्वाणि कार्याणि दण्डेनैव विधारयेत्‌,“जो सदा दण्ड देनेके लिये उद्यत रहता है, उससे प्रजाजन बहुत डरते हैं; इसलिये सब कार्य दण्डके द्वारा ही सिद्ध करे

nityam udyatadaṇḍād dhi bhṛśam uddhijate janaḥ | tasmāt sarvāṇi kāryāṇi daṇḍenaiva vidhārayet ||

వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను— ఎల్లప్పుడూ దండప్రయోగానికి సిద్ధంగా ఉండేవాడిని ప్రజలు బాగా భయపడతారు. అందుచేత దండం—అంటే దృఢమైన పాలన, అమలు చేయగల క్రమశిక్షణ—ద్వారానే అన్ని వ్యవహారాలను నియంత్రించి పూర్తి చేయాలి.

नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
उद्यत-दण्डात्from (a man) with raised staff / ever-ready to punish
उद्यत-दण्डात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootउद्यतदण्ड
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
भृशम्greatly, intensely
भृशम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभृश
उद्विजतेfears, is alarmed
उद्विजते:
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-√विज्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
जनःpeople
जनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तस्मात्therefore, from that reason
तस्मात्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतस्मद्
सर्वाणिall
सर्वाणि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
कार्याणिtasks, affairs, duties
कार्याणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकार्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
दण्डेनby punishment / by the rod
दण्डेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootदण्ड
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
एवonly, indeed
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
विधारयेत्should regulate/maintain, should carry out
विधारयेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootवि-√धृ
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
D
daṇḍa (rod/punishment)
J
jana (people/subjects)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores daṇḍa (punitive authority) as a practical tool of governance: fear of enforceable punishment restrains wrongdoing, so public affairs and social order are maintained by firm, rule-backed discipline.

Vaiśampāyana, in the course of his narration, states a general maxim about rulership and administration—how subjects react to a ruler ready to punish, and why punishment is presented as a means to regulate and accomplish state and social duties.