Shloka 8

राजधर्मः, दण्डनीतिः, कर्तृत्व-विचारः च

Royal Duty, Lawful Discipline, and the Question of Agency

Devanagari script

ते त्वया धर्महन्तारो निहता: सपदानुगा:

Transliteration

te tvayā dharmahantāro nihatāḥ sapadānugāḥ

Translation

وہ دھرم کے قاتل تمہارے ہاتھوں اپنے پیروکاروں سمیت مارے گئے ہیں۔

Word by Word

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

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• धर्महन्तारः: slayers of dharma (destroyers of righteousness)
• धर्महन्तारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्महन्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निहताः: killed/slain
• निहताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सपदानुगाः: together with their followers/attendants
• सपदानुगाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सपदानुग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• you (addressee, implied)