Shloka 54

Treasury Security, Protection of Informants, and the Kalakavṛkṣīya Exemplum (Śānti Parva 83)

Devanagari script

कच्चिदेषां प्रियो राजा कच्चिद्‌ राज्ञ: प्रिया प्रजा: । विजिज्ञासुरिह प्राप्तस्तवाहं राजसत्तम

Transliteration

kaccid eṣāṁ priyo rājā kaccid rājñaḥ priyāḥ prajāḥ | vijijñāsur iha prāptas tavāhaṁ rājasattama ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“此地之王为百姓所爱吗？百姓亦为其王所爱吗？王中之最啊，我来此正欲查明这些事。”

Word by Word

• कच्चित्: whether (indeed)?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित्

• एषाम्: of these (people)
• एषाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• प्रियः: dear/beloved
• प्रियः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• कच्चित्: whether (indeed)?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित्

• राज्ञः: of the king
• राज्ञः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• प्रियाः: dear/beloved
• प्रियाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• प्रजाः: subjects/people
• प्रजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• विजिज्ञासुः: desirous to know
• विजिज्ञासुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजिज्ञासु
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• प्राप्तः: arrived/come
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: क्त, masculine, nominative, singular

• तव: to you/your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: nominative, singular

• राजसत्तम: O best of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजसत्तम
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• king (rājā)
• subjects/people (prajāḥ)