Shloka 3

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

Rājadharma

Devanagari script

तस्मात्‌ ते वर्तयिष्यामि दुर्गकर्म विशेषत: । श्रुत्वा तथा विधातव्यमनुष्ठेयं च यत्नत:

Transliteration

tasmāt te vartayiṣyāmi durgakarma viśeṣataḥ | śrutvā tathā vidhātavyam anuṣṭheyaṃ ca yatnataḥ ||

Translation

因此，我将向你详加开示——尤其是关于艰难之事与险要之务——当循何等行事之道。汝既听闻，便当依之而行，并以谨慎勤勉加以践履。

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: dative, singular

• वर्तयिष्यामि: I shall explain/expound
• वर्तयिष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (वर्तयति)
• Form: simple future (luṭ), 1st, singular, parasmaipada

• दुर्गकर्म: difficult task/act
• दुर्गकर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्गकर्मन्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• विशेषतः: especially/in particular
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage)

• तथा: thus/in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• विधातव्यम्: is to be done/should be arranged
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (वि + धा)
• Form: तव्यत् (gerundive/obligatory), neuter, nominative, singular

• अनुष्ठेयम्: is to be carried out/observed
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (अनु + स्था)
• Form: यत् (gerundive/obligatory), neuter, nominative, singular

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

• यत्नतः: with effort/carefully
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्नतः

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma