Shloka 22

ब्राह्मणपूजा-राजधर्मः | Royal Duty of Honoring Learned Brahmins

Devanagari script

हतयोधस्ततो राजन्‌ क्षीणकोशश्व भूमिप: । दिवोदास: पुरी त्यक्त्वा पलायनपरो5भवत्‌

Transliteration

hatayodhas tato rājan kṣīṇakośaś ca bhūmipaḥ | divodāsaḥ purī tyaktvā palāyanaparo 'bhavat ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“于是，噢，国王，那位君主——战士尽殁、府库枯竭——提婆陀娑弃城而去，一心只求逃遁。”

Word by Word

• हतयोधः: one whose warriors are slain / with slain troops
• हतयोधः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हत-योध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

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

• क्षीणकोशः: one whose treasury is depleted
• क्षीणकोशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीण-कोश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• भूमिपः: the king, lord of the earth
• भूमिपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमिप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दिवोदासः: Divodāsa
• दिवोदासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवोदास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरीम्: the city, capital
• पुरीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• पलायनपरः: intent on fleeing
• पलायनपरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पलायन-पर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• King (addressed as rājan)
• Divodāsa
• purī (the capital/city)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Unchecked warfare drains both human lives and royal resources; when a king loses his army and treasury, he can no longer uphold his protective duty (rāja-dharma), and political collapse—symbolized by abandoning the capital—follows.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma narrates that Divodāsa, after suffering heavy losses and exhausting his treasury, leaves his city and turns to flight, indicating decisive defeat and the breakdown of his position.