Shloka 24

Samrāt-Lakṣaṇa and the Counsel to Check Jarāsandha (सम्राट्-लक्षणं जरासन्ध-प्रतिबाधा-परामर्शः)

Devanagari script

न कुलं स बलं॑ राजन्नभ्यजानात्‌ तथा55त्मन: । पश्यमानो यशो दीप्तं जरासंधमुपस्थित:,राजन! वे अपने बल और कुलकी ओर भी ध्यान नहीं देते, केवल जरासंधके उज्ज्वल यशकी ओर देखकर उसके आश्रित बन गये हैं

Transliteration

na kulaṁ sa balaṁ rājan abhyajānāt tathātmanaḥ | paśyamāno yaśo dīptaṁ jarāsandham upasthitaḥ ||

Translation

ข้าแต่พระราชา เขามิได้ตระหนักทั้งศักดิ์แห่งวงศ์ตระกูลและกำลังของตนให้ถูกต้อง ครั้นเห็นยศศักดิ์อันรุ่งโรจน์ของพระชราสันธะ ก็เข้าไปหาและขอพึ่งพระบารมี

Word by Word

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

• कुलम्: family, lineage
• कुलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बलम्: strength, power
• बलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• अभ्यजानात्: recognized, took note of
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-ज्ञा
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तथा: likewise, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• आत्मनः: of himself / of one’s own
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पश्यमानः: seeing, while seeing
• पश्यमानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्यत् (√दृश्)
• Form: Present active participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यशः: fame, glory
• यशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दीप्तम्: bright, blazing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• जरासन्धम्: Jarasandha
• जरासन्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरासन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उपस्थितः: having approached; present; having taken refuge (contextual)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपस्थित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Jarāsandha
• rājan (the addressed king)