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Shloka 75

Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ

Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics

कच्चिद्‌ विदित्वा पुरुषानुत्तमाधममध्यमान्‌ | त्वं कर्मस्वनुरूपेषु नियोजयसि भारत,भारत! तुम उत्तम, मध्यम और अधम श्रेणीके मनुष्योंको पहचानकर उन्हें उनके अनुरूप कार्योंमें ही लगाते हो न?

kaccid viditvā puruṣān uttamādhamamadhyamān | tvaṃ karmasv anurūpeṣu niyojayasi bhārata bhārata |

นารทกล่าวว่า “โอ ภารตะ เมื่อจำแนกคนว่าเลิศ ปานกลาง และต่ำแล้ว ท่านมอบหมายงานให้เหมาะกับอุปนิสัยและกำลังความสามารถของแต่ละคน ใช่หรือไม่?”

कच्चित्whether? (I hope/indeed?)
कच्चित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकच्चित्
विदित्वाhaving known/recognized
विदित्वा:
TypeVerb
Root√विद्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)
पुरुषान्men/persons
पुरुषान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष
Formmasculine, accusative, plural
उत्तमbest (persons)
उत्तम:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम
Formmasculine, accusative, plural (elliptic agreement with पुरुषान्)
अधमlowest (persons)
अधम:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअधम
Formmasculine, accusative, plural (elliptic agreement with पुरुषान्)
मध्यमान्middling/average (persons)
मध्यमान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमध्यम
Formmasculine, accusative, plural
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Formnominative, singular
कर्मसुin tasks/works
कर्मसु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
Formneuter, locative, plural
अनुरूपेषुappropriate/suitable
अनुरूपेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootअनुरूप
Formneuter, locative, plural
नियोजयसिyou appoint/engage (them)
नियोजयसि:
TypeVerb
Rootनि-√युज्
Formलट् (present), परस्मैपद, second, singular, active
भारतO Bharata
भारत:
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootभारत
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
भारतO Bharata!
भारत:
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootभारत
Formmasculine, vocative, singular

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
B
Bhārata (addressed king)

Educational Q&A

A ruler should discern people’s relative competence and character (superior, middling, inferior) and appoint them to responsibilities that fit them. Ethical governance requires suitability-based assignment rather than arbitrary favoritism, preventing harm and promoting orderly administration.

Nārada is questioning the Bhārata king in a series of inquiries about good rule. Here he asks whether the king recognizes different kinds of people and engages each in work appropriate to their nature and ability—an indicator of wise, dharmic administration.