Shloka 6

राज्ञो वृत्त-गुण-संग्रहः (Conduct and the Thirty-Six Virtues of a King) / The King’s Code of Conduct

Devanagari script

अर्थ ब्रूयान्न चासत्सु गुणान्‌ ब्रूयान्न चात्मन: । आदद्यान्न च साधुभ्यो नासत्पुरुषमाश्रयेत्‌

Transliteration

arthaṁ brūyān na cāsatsu guṇān brūyān na cātmanaḥ | ādadyān na ca sādhubhyo nāsatpuruṣam āśrayet ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: “Hãy nói điều có ý nghĩa và chân thật; chớ ca tụng đức hạnh nơi không hề có, cũng chớ tự đề cao mình. Chớ lấy của người hiền thiện, và tuyệt đối đừng nương tựa hay cầu chỗ dung thân nơi kẻ ác.”

Word by Word

• अर्थम्: meaningful/beneficial matter
• अर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रूयात्: should speak
• ब्रूयात्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (ब्रवीति)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

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

• असत्सु: among the wicked / in the unworthy
• असत्सु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असत्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• गुणान्: virtues/merits
• गुणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ब्रूयात्: should speak
• ब्रूयात्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (ब्रवीति)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

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

• आत्मनः: of oneself
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• आदद्यात्: should take/accept
• आदद्यात्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (आ + दा)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

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

• साधुभ्यः: from good people
• साधुभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• असत्: wicked/untrue (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुरुषम्: person
• पुरुषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आश्रयेत्: should resort to / take refuge in
• आश्रयेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रि (आ + श्रि)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma