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Shloka 14

Gārhasthya-Śreṣṭhatā and Kṣatriya-Daṇḍadhāraṇa

Householder Primacy and the Royal Duty of Punishment

एता विद्या: क्षत्रियाणां राजन्‌ संसिद्धिकारिका: । अपि गाथामिमां चापि बृहस्पतिरगायत

etā vidyāḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ rājan saṃsiddhikārikāḥ | api gāthām imāṃ cāpi bṛhaspatir agāyat ||

Vyāsa nói: “Hỡi đức vua, chính những pháp môn và bổn phận thiêng liêng này đem lại cho các kṣatriya sự thành tựu và thắng lợi chắc chắn. Về chính điều ấy, Bṛhaspati xưa kia cũng đã cất lên một bài kệ truyền tụng.”

एताःthese
एताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootएतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
विद्याःknowledges; disciplines; rites
विद्याः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविद्या
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
क्षत्रियाणाम्of kshatriyas
क्षत्रियाणाम्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्रिय
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
संसिद्धिकारिकाःbringing complete success
संसिद्धिकारिकाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसंसिद्धिकारिका
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
अपिalso; even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
गाथाम्a verse; a gatha
गाथाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगाथा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
इमाम्this
इमाम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootइदम्
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
बृहस्पतिःBrihaspati
बृहस्पतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबृहस्पति
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अगायत्sang; recited
अगायत्:
TypeVerb
Rootगै (गायति)
FormImperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
B
Bṛhaspati
R
rājan (the king addressed)

Educational Q&A

That the kṣatriya’s true ‘success’ (saṃsiddhi) comes from adherence to the proper disciplines and duties—ethical, ritual, and political—and that this principle is supported by authoritative tradition, here attributed to Bṛhaspati.

Vyāsa addresses a king and, after listing or indicating the relevant kṣatriya disciplines, introduces an authoritative supporting quotation: a gāthā said to have been sung by Bṛhaspati on the same topic.