Shloka 44
Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ
Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics
Devanagari script
अमात्यानुपधातीतान् पितृपैतामहाञ्छुचीन् । श्रेष्ठाउ्छेछ्वेषु कच्चित् त्वं नियोजयसि कर्मसु
Transliteration
amātyān upadhātītān pitṛpaitāmahān śucīn | śreṣṭhān ucchveṣv eva kaccit tvaṁ niyojayasi karmasu ||
Translation
那罗陀说道：“大王啊，你是否任用那些不受贪腐与阴谋所染的臣子——承继祖先声望、品行清净之人——使其中最贤者常得承担最崇高、最相称的政务？”
Word by Word
अमात्यान्ministers
अमात्यान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअमात्य
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
उपधातीतान्free from deceit/treachery (having gone beyond guile)
उपधातीतान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउपधा-तीत (उपधा + अतीत)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
पितृपैतामहान्ancestral (from fathers and grandfathers)
पितृपैतामहान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपितृपैतामह
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
शुचीन्pure, upright
शुचीन्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
श्रेष्ठान्excellent, best
श्रेष्ठान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रेष्ठ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
उत्सहेषुin undertakings/enterprises
उत्सहेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootउत्सह
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
कच्चित्surely? I hope (interrogative particle)
कच्चित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकच्चित्
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नियोजयसिyou appoint/engage
नियोजयसि:
TypeVerb
Rootनि + युज्
FormPresent, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada, Lat
कर्मसुin duties/works
कर्मसु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
Speaker
नारद उवाच
Characters & Entities
N
NāradaA
amātya (ministers)Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
A ruler’s dharma includes selecting and employing ministers who are morally pure and free from corrupt influence, and assigning the most capable to the most important state duties.
Nārada, in a sequence of probing questions on kingship, asks whether the king properly appoints trustworthy, ancestrally reputable, and upright ministers to appropriate and higher responsibilities.