Shloka 80

तीर्थवंशोपदेशः

Tīrtha-vaṃśa Upadeśa: Instruction on the Fruits of Sacred Waters

Devanagari script

अगोप्तारश्न॒ राजानो बलिषड्भागतस्करा: । समर्थाक्षाप्पदातारस्ते वै निरयगामिन:

Transliteration

agoptāraś ca rājāno bali-ṣaḍbhāga-taskarāḥ | samarthāś cāpy adātāras te vai niraya-gāminaḥ ||

Translation

بھیشم نے کہا—وہ بادشاہ جو رعایا کی حفاظت نہیں کرتے، مگر خراج کے نام پر لوگوں کی آمدنی کا چھٹا حصہ چوروں کی طرح وصول کرتے ہیں؛ اور وہ لوگ جو صاحبِ استطاعت ہو کر بھی خیرات نہیں دیتے—وہ یقیناً دوزخ گامی ہیں۔

Word by Word

• अगोप्तारः: non-protectors (those who do not protect)
• अगोप्तारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-गोप्तृ (गोप्तृ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• राजानः: kings
• राजानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• बलि-षड्भाग-तस्कराः: thieves of the tax (the sixth share) as tribute
• बलि-षड्भाग-तस्कराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तस्कर (with बलि, षड्भाग as qualifiers)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समर्थाः: capable, able
• समर्थाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• अ-प्रदातारः: non-givers (those who do not give)
• अ-प्रदातारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-प्रदातृ (प्रदातृ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• निरय-गामिनः: hell-going, destined for hell
• निरय-गामिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गामिन् (from √गम्) with निरय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• kings (rājānaḥ)
• subjects/people (implied)
• bali (tribute/tax)
• niraya (hell)