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Shloka 27

राष्ट्रगुप्ति-संग्रहः

Protection of the Realm and Principles of Revenue & Local Administration

इयमापत्समुत्पन्ना परचक्रभयं महत्‌ | अपि चान्ताय कल्पन्ते वेणोरिव फलागमा:

iyam āpatsamutpannā paracakrabhayaṁ mahat | api cāntāya kalpante veṇor iva phalāgamāḥ ||

Bhīṣma nói: “Trong cơn tai biến này đã phát sinh một mối hiểm nguy lớn—nỗi kinh hãi trước đạo quân của kẻ thù. Nhưng ngay cả những điềm dữ như thế, rốt cuộc cũng có thể dẫn đến điều lợi, như tre đến kỳ kết trái thì mọi sự đi đến kết cục của nó.”

इयम्this
इयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
आपत्calamity, distress
आपत्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआपद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
समुत्पन्नाarisen, occurred
समुत्पन्ना:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-उत्-√पद् (उत्पद्यते)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
परचक्रभयम्fear of the enemy host
परचक्रभयम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपरचक्रभय
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
महत्great
महत्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अपिalso, even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अन्तायfor destruction/end
अन्ताय:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootअन्त
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
कल्पन्तेare fit/lead/turn out (to be)
कल्पन्ते:
TypeVerb
Root√कॢप् (कल्पते)
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Atmanepada
वेणोःof a bamboo
वेणोः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootवेणु
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
फलागमाःthe coming of fruiting (fruit-bearing season)
फलागमाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootफलागम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
P
paracakra (enemy host/army)
V
veṇu (bamboo)
P
phala (fruit)

Educational Q&A

Even severe dangers that arise during a crisis—such as fear of an enemy force—may ultimately lead to a decisive resolution; adversity can become the means by which an ‘end’ (closure or final outcome) is reached.

In Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs on dharma and statecraft. Here he comments on a situation of emergency and external threat, using the image of bamboo fruiting to suggest that ominous developments can culminate in a final, determining outcome.