Shloka 47

Varṇa-dharma and Rājadharma: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Normative Outline (वर्णधर्म-राजधर्म-प्रश्नोत्तरम्)

Devanagari script

बलव्यसनमुक्त च तथैव बलहर्षणम्‌ | पीडा चापदकालकश्न पत्तिज्ञानं च पाण्डव

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“般度之子啊，那部论典叙述了：在厄难之时如何拯救军旅脱离灾患；如何振奋士卒之欢欣与斗志；又如何在痛苦与危急之际，考验步兵对主帅的忠诚。”

Word by Word

• बलव्यसनमुक्तम्: free from calamity/vice regarding the army (i.e., release of the army from distress)
• बलव्यसनमुक्तम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलव्यसनमुक्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• तथा: thus, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• बलहर्षणम्: gladdening/cheering of the army
• बलहर्षणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलहर्षण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पीडा: pain, affliction
• पीडा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीडा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• आपत्कालकः: pertaining to time of calamity
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आपत्कालक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पत्तिज्ञानम्: knowledge/assessment of foot-soldiers
• पत्तिज्ञानम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्तिज्ञान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• पाण्डव: O Pandava
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पाण्डुकुमार: O son of Pandu
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डुकुमार
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच