Shloka 3

दुर्ग-निवेश-राजधर्मः | Fortified Capital and the King’s Residential Polity

Rājadharma

Devanagari script

तस्मात्‌ ते वर्तयिष्यामि दुर्गकर्म विशेषत: । श्रुत्वा तथा विधातव्यमनुष्ठेयं च यत्नत:

Transliteration

tasmāt te vartayiṣyāmi durgakarma viśeṣataḥ | śrutvā tathā vidhātavyam anuṣṭheyaṃ ca yatnataḥ ||

Translation

لہٰذا میں تمہیں—بالخصوص قلعہ و فصیل سے متعلق امور میں—اختیار کیے جانے والے طریقِ کار کی تفصیل بتاؤں گا۔ اسے سن کر اسی کے مطابق عمل کرنا اور پوری کوشش کے ساتھ اسے انجام دینا۔

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: dative, singular

• वर्तयिष्यामि: I shall explain/expound
• वर्तयिष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (वर्तयति)
• Form: simple future (luṭ), 1st, singular, parasmaipada

• दुर्गकर्म: difficult task/act
• दुर्गकर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्गकर्मन्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• विशेषतः: especially/in particular
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage)

• तथा: thus/in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• विधातव्यम्: is to be done/should be arranged
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (वि + धा)
• Form: तव्यत् (gerundive/obligatory), neuter, nominative, singular

• अनुष्ठेयम्: is to be carried out/observed
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (अनु + स्था)
• Form: यत् (gerundive/obligatory), neuter, nominative, singular

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

• यत्नतः: with effort/carefully
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्नतः

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma