Shloka 113

Dasyu-maryādā and Buddhi-guided Rāja-nīti (दस्युमर्यादा तथा बुद्धिप्रधान-राजनीति)

Devanagari script

एतत्‌ ते ब्रह्मदत्तस्य पूजन्या सह भाषितम्‌ | मयोक्तं नृपतिश्रेष्ठ किमन्यच्छोतुमिच्छसि

Transliteration

etat te brahmadattasya pūjanyā saha bhāṣitam | mayoktaṁ nṛpatiśreṣṭha kim anyac chrotum icchasi, nṛpaśreṣṭha |

Translation

اے نرپ شریشٹھ! راجا برہمدت اور قابلِ تعظیم پرندے پوجنیا کے درمیان جو گفتگو ہوئی تھی، وہ میں نے تمہیں سنا دی۔ اب اور کیا سننا چاہتے ہو؟

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (statement/thing)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• ब्रह्मदत्तस्य: of Brahmadatta
• ब्रह्मदत्तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मदत्त
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पूजन्या: with the venerable (female)
• पूजन्या: Karana
• Type: Adjective (used as noun)
• Root: पूजनीया
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• भाषितम्: the conversation/speech
• भाषितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (verbal noun/ppp used substantively)
• Root: भाषित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• उक्तम्: told/said
• उक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb (past passive participle)
• Root: वच्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• नृपतिश्रेष्ठ: O best of kings
• नृपतिश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: नृपति-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अन्यत्: else/other
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• श्रोतुम्: to hear
• श्रोतुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb (infinitive)
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Infinitive, —, —

• इच्छसि: you wish/desire
• इच्छसि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Brahmadatta
• Pūjanyā
• King (addressee, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse functions as a closure to an instructive tale: ethical instruction is delivered through dialogue, and the listener (a king) is invited to reflect and inquire further—highlighting the pedagogical ideal of dharma being learned through attentive hearing and questioning.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma concludes his narration of a prior conversation between King Brahmadatta and the revered bird Pūjanyā, then turns back to the main listener (the king he is instructing) and asks what additional teaching or story he wishes to hear next.