Shloka 67

Dasyu-maryādā and Buddhi-guided Rāja-nīti (दस्युमर्यादा तथा बुद्धिप्रधान-राजनीति)

Devanagari script

यत्‌ कृतं ते मया राजंस्त्वया च मम यत्‌ कृतम्‌ । न तद्‌ वर्षशतै: शक्‍यं व्यपोहितुमरिंदम

Transliteration

yat kṛtaṃ te mayā rājan tvayā ca mama yat kṛtam | na tad varṣaśataiḥ śakyaṃ vyapohitum arindama ||

Translation

ఓ రాజా! నేను నీకు చేసినది, నీవు నాకు చేసినది—ఈ పరస్పర అపకారం, ఓ శత్రుదమనా, వందల సంవత్సరాలైనా తుడిచివేయలేము, మరచిపోలేము.

Word by Word

• यत्: what/that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

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

• मम: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• यत्: what/that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• वर्षशतैः: by hundreds of years
• वर्षशतैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्षशत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शक्यम्: possible
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• व्यपोहितुम्: to remove / to set aside / to forget
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + अप + ऊह्
• Form: Infinitive (tumun), Parasmaipada (usage), —, —, —

• अरिंदम: O subduer of foes
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरिंदम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative/Accusative, Singular

• शत्रुदमन: O tamer of enemies
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत्रुदमन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नरेश: O lord of men (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

ब्रह्मदत्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Brahmadatta
• rājan (the king addressed)
• arindama (epithet of the king)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Harm and retaliation create lasting consequences that are difficult to erase; ethical restraint and reconciliation are implied as wiser than perpetuating cycles of grievance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Brahmadatta addresses a king, recalling reciprocal wrongdoing between them and emphasizing that such injuries cannot be simply wiped away even over a very long time.