Shloka 27

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

Rājadharma

Devanagari script

सर्वार्थत्यागिनं राजा कुले जात॑ बहुश्रुतम्‌ । पूजयेत्‌ तादृशं दृष्टया शयनासनभोजनै:

Transliteration

sarvārthatyāginaṃ rājā kule jātaṃ bahuśrutam | pūjayet tādṛśaṃ dṛṣṭvā śayanāsanabhojanaiḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: Khi nhà vua gặp một người xuất thân từ gia tộc tốt đẹp, thông suốt thánh điển và đã từ bỏ mọi mục đích thế tục, vua phải tôn kính người ấy—nhận biết giá trị của họ—bằng cách cấp cho giường nằm, chỗ ngồi và thức ăn.

Word by Word

• सर्वार्थत्यागिनम्: one who has renounced all aims/possessions
• सर्वार्थत्यागिनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वार्थत्यागिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुले: in a family
• कुले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जातम्: born
• जातम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बहुश्रुतम्: much-learned, well-versed
• बहुश्रुतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुश्रुत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पूजयेत्: should honor/worship
• पूजयेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तादृशम्: such a one, of that kind
• तादृशम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्या: by (his) regard/attention; by looking (favorably)
• दृष्ट्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• शयनासनभोजनैः: with bed, seat, and food (i.e., hospitality)
• शयनासनभोजनैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शयनासनभोजन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• rājā (king)
• sarvārthatyāgin (renunciant)
• śayana (bed)
• āsana (seat)
• bhojana (food)