Shloka 4

Kośa-saṃjanana and Subtle Dharma

Treasury Formation and Fine-Grained Ethics

Devanagari script

अबलस्य कुतः कोशो हाकोशस्य कुतो बलम्‌ । अबलस्य कुतो राज्यमराज्ञ: श्रीर्भवेत्‌ कुत:

Translation

Vua không có sức mạnh thì lấy đâu ra kho tàng? Không có kho tàng thì lấy đâu ra binh lực? Không có binh lực thì làm sao giữ vững vương quốc? Và không có vương quốc thì phú quý (Lakshmi) nương tựa vào đâu mà đến?

Word by Word

• अबलस्य: of the weak (one)
• अबलस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अबल
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• कुतः: whence? how (is it possible)?
• कुतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतः

• कोशः: treasury
• कोशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अकोशस्य: of one without a treasury
• अकोशस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकोश
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• कुतः: whence? how (is it possible)?
• कुतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतः

• बलम्: strength; (military) force
• बलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अबलस्य: of the weak (one)
• अबलस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अबल
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• कुतः: whence? how (is it possible)?
• कुतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतः

• राज्यम्: kingdom; sovereignty
• राज्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अराज्ञः: of one without a king / of a kingless (person/state)
• अराज्ञः: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अराजन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• श्रीः: prosperity; fortune; Lakṣmī
• श्रीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: would be; could exist
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कुतः: whence? how (is it possible)?
• कुतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतः

Speaker

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