Shloka 36

उतथ्योपदेशः—राजधर्मः, दर्पनिग्रहः, प्रजारक्षणम्

Utathya’s Instruction: Royal Dharma, Restraint of Pride, Protection of Subjects

Devanagari script

क्षत्रियस्य प्रमत्तस्य दोष: संजायते महान्‌ । अधर्मा: सम्प्रवर्धन्ते प्रजासंकरकारका:

Transliteration

kṣatriyasya pramattasya doṣaḥ saṃjāyate mahān | adharmāḥ sampravardhante prajāsaṅkarakārakāḥ ||

Translation

เมื่อกษัตริย์กษัตริยะประมาทและเผลอไผล ความผิดใหญ่ย่อมบังเกิดขึ้น แล้วอธรรมทั้งหลายซึ่งทำให้สังคมเสื่อมและก่อความปั่นป่วนปะปนในหมู่ประชาชนก็ทวีขึ้น

Word by Word

• क्षत्रियस्य: of a Kshatriya
• क्षत्रियस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रमत्तस्य: of the negligent/heedless (one)
• प्रमत्तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रमत्त
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• दोषः: fault, defect
• दोषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संजायते: arises, is produced
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √जन्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• महान्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अधर्माः: unrighteous acts/adharmas
• अधर्माः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सम्प्रवर्धन्ते: increase, grow
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + √वृध्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Atmanepada

• प्रजासंकरकारकाः: causing intermixture/confusion of the people
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रजासंकरकारक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

उतथ्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Utathya
• kṣatriya (as a social role/king)