Mahabharata — Shanti Parva, Shloka 15

दुर्ग-निवेश-राजधर्मः | Fortified Capital and the King’s Residential Polity

Rājadharma

Devanagari script

आशयाश्रोदपानाश्च प्रभूतसलिलाकरा: | निरोद्धव्या: सदा राज्ञा क्षीरिणशक्षु महीरुहा:

Transliteration

āśayāś codapānāś ca prabhūtasalilākarāḥ | niroddhavyāḥ sadā rājñā kṣīriṇaś ca mahīruhāḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“国王当恒常护持诸水藏与水源——池塘、水库，井与阶井，以及蓄水丰盈的大湖；亦当护持流乳白浆液之树。守护此等，乃为民生之本，亦是依达摩而行的王道之所系。”

Word by Word

• आशया: reservoirs/ponds
• आशया: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• उदपानाः: wells
• उदपानाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदपान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• प्रभूत-सलिल-आकराः: having abundant water-reserves
• प्रभूत-सलिल-आकराः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभूतसलिलाकर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निरोध्याः: to be protected/kept from obstruction (i.e., maintained)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरोध्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• राज्ञा: by the king
• राज्ञा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• क्षीरिणः: milk-yielding
• क्षीरिणः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षीरिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• महीरुहाः: trees (lit. earth-growers)
• महीरुहाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीरुह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• king (rājā)
• āśaya (reservoirs/ponds)
• udapāna (wells/stepwells)
• prabhūtasalilākarāḥ (large abundant water-bodies)
• kṣīriṇaḥ mahīruhāḥ (milky sap-bearing trees)