Shloka 67

Treasury Security, Protection of Informants, and the Kalakavṛkṣīya Exemplum (Śānti Parva 83)

Devanagari script

उभे दृष्टवा दु:खसुखे राज्यं प्राप्प यदृच्छया । राज्येनामात्यसंस्थेन कथ॑ं राजन्‌ प्रमाद्यसि

Transliteration

ubhe dṛṣṭvā duḥkha-sukhe rājyaṃ prāpya yadṛcchayā | rājyena amātya-saṃsthena kathaṃ rājan pramādyasi ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: “Ngươi đã nếm trải cả khổ lẫn vui, lại được vương quyền do cơ duyên ngẫu nhiên. Vậy cớ sao, hỡi Đại vương, nay ngươi lại sinh ra lơ là—dẫu có vương quốc và hàng quần thần đã được thiết lập vững vàng nâng đỡ?”

Word by Word

• ubhe: both (two)
• ubhe: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ubhā
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Dual

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś
• Form: ktvā (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral), Non-finite

• duḥkha-sukhe: sorrow and happiness
• duḥkha-sukhe: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha-sukha
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Dual

• rājyam: kingdom, sovereignty
• rājyam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• prāpya: having obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: prāp
• Form: lyap (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral), Non-finite

• yadṛcchayā: by chance, accidentally
• yadṛcchayā: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: yadṛcchā
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• rājyena: by/with the kingdom (royal power)
• rājyena: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• amātya-saṃsthena: supported/established by ministers
• amātya-saṃsthena: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amātya-saṃstha
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• katham: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham

• rājan: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• pramādyasi: do you become negligent / are you careless
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-mad
• Form: Present, Indicative, Parasmaipada, Second, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• the King (rājan; addressed interlocutor)