Shloka 9
Chapter 78: Royal Responsibility for Wealth, Social Order, and the Protection of Dvijas
Kekaya Exemplum
Devanagari script
नच मे ब्राह्मणोडविद्वान्नाव्रती नाप्पसोमप: । नानाहिताग्निर्नायज्वा मामकान्तरमाविश:
Translation
Sinabi ng hari: “Sa aking kaharian ay walang Brahmanang mangmang, walang hindi tumutupad sa marangal na vrata, walang hindi umiinom ng soma sa paghahandog; at wala ring tumatalikod sa agnihotra o hindi nagsasagawa ng yajna. Gayon pa man, paano ka nakapasok sa aking kalooban?”
Word by Word
nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna
caand
ca:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca
meof me / my
me:
TypePronoun
Rootasmad
FormGenitive, Singular
brāhmaṇaḥa Brahmin
brāhmaṇaḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootbrāhmaṇa
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
avidvānnot learned
avidvān:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Roota-vidvas
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
nanor / not
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna
avratiḥnot observing vows
avratiḥ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Roota-vratin
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
nanor / not
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna
apānasomapāḥone who does not drink Soma (in sacrifice)
apānasomapāḥ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Roota-pāna-soma-pā
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
nanor / not
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna
anāhitāgniḥone who has not established the sacred fires
anāhitāgniḥ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootan-āhita-agni
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
nanor / not
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna
ayajvānot a sacrificer / not performing sacrifices
ayajvā:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Roota-yajvan
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
māmakain what is mine / in my
māmaka:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootmāmaka
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
antaraminterior / inner space
antaram:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootantara
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
āviśaḥyou entered
āviśaḥ:
TypeVerb
Rootā-viś
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes