Shloka 15
आपद्धर्मे कोशबलन्यायः | Treasury, Force, and Crisis-Ethics for the King
Devanagari script
इह द्रक्ष्यामि त॑ पुत्र द्रक्ष्यामीहेति पार्थिव: । एवमाशाहतो राजा चरन् वनमिदं पुरा
Transliteration
iha drakṣyāmi taṁ putra drakṣyāmīheti pārthivaḥ | evam āśāhato rājā caran vanam idaṁ purā ||
Translation
毗湿摩说道：“就在此处，我将见到那儿子——就在此处，我必定见到他。”于是，那位大地之主的国王被希望牢牢系缚，往昔曾在这片森林中徘徊游走，只因渴望夺回所失之物。
Word by Word
इहhere
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
द्रक्ष्यामिI shall see
द्रक्ष्यामि:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormLृट् (simple future), 1, singular, Parasmaipada
तhim/that (one)
त:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
पुत्रO son
पुत्र:
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
द्रक्ष्यामिI shall see
द्रक्ष्यामि:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormLृट् (simple future), 1, singular, Parasmaipada
इहhere
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
पार्थिवःthe king
पार्थिवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थिव
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
एवम्thus
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
आशाby hope
आशा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootआशा
Formfeminine, instrumental, singular
हतःstruck/overcome
हतः:
TypeVerb
Rootहन्
Formक्त (past passive participle), masculine, nominative, singular
राजाthe king
राजा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
चरन्wandering
चरन्:
TypeVerb
Rootचर्
Formशतृ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, singular
वनम्forest
वनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवन
Formneuter, accusative, singular
इदम्this
इदम्:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
पुराformerly/once
पुरा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
Bhishma (speaker)T
the king (pārthiva/rājā; identified in the prose as Vīradyumna)T
the son (putra; unnamed in the verse)F
forest (vana)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Hope can be a sustaining force that drives one to continue difficult effort, but it can also bind the mind to expectation; the ethical lesson is to act with perseverance while seeking clarity rather than being consumed by mere anticipation.
A king, yearning to see his son again, repeatedly tells himself that he will surely find him ‘here’ and, propelled by that hope, roams through the forest searching.