Shloka 70

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

Devanagari script

निश्चय: स्वार्थशास्त्रेषु विश्वासश्वासुखोदय: । उशना चैव गाथे डे प्रह्लादायाब्रवीत्‌ पुरा

Transliteration

brahmadatta uvāca | niścayaḥ svārthaśāstreṣu viśvāsaś ca asukhodayaḥ | uśanā caiva gāthe dve prahlādāyābravīt purā |

Translation

عملی سیاست کے شاستروں میں یہ بات طے ہے کہ اعتماد دکھ کو جنم دیتا ہے۔ قدیم زمانے میں اُشنا (شکرآچاریہ) نے بھی اسی نکتے پر پرہلاد سے دو گاتھائیں کہی تھیں۔

Word by Word

• निश्चयः: certainty; settled conclusion
• निश्चयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निश्चय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वार्थशास्त्रेषु: in the treatises on self-interest/policy
• स्वार्थशास्त्रेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वार्थशास्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• विश्वासः: trust; confidence
• विश्वासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• असुखोदयः: a source/arising of unhappiness
• असुखोदयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुखोदय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उशना: Uśanā (Śukrācārya)
• उशना: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उशनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• गाथे: two verses (gāthās)
• गाथे: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाथा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Dual

• प्रह्लादाय: to Prahlāda
• प्रह्लादाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रह्लाद
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said; spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुरा: formerly; in ancient times
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

Speaker

ब्रह्मदत्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Brahmadatta
• Uśanā (Śukrācārya)
• Prahlāda

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames a nīti (practical-ethical) maxim: unguarded trust can become a cause of suffering; therefore one should place confidence with discernment rather than naïvely.

What is happening in the narrative?

Brahmadatta is speaking and introduces an older authority: Uśanā (Śukrācārya) once instructed Prahlāda with two didactic verses, which are about to be quoted to support the point about the dangers of trust.