Shloka 22

धर्म्यविजय-नियमाः

Rules for Dharmic Victory in Kṣatriya Engagement

Devanagari script

अथैनमभिनिन्दन्ति भिन्न कुम्भमिवाश्मनि | तस्माद्‌ धर्मेण विजयं कोशं लिप्सेत भूमिप:

Transliteration

athainam abhinindanti bhinna-kumbham ivāśmani | tasmād dharmeṇa vijayaṃ kośaṃ lipseta bhūmipaḥ ||

Translation

于是人们会辱骂这样的君主——如同陶罐撞石而碎，支离破裂。故而，大王啊，当以达摩之道求胜求财——以正当之法——使成功不至于以耻辱与毁灭告终。

Word by Word

• अथ: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (एतद्)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अभिनिन्दन्ति: they revile/blame
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-निन्द्
• Form: present, third, plural, parasmaipada

• भिन्नम्: broken
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भिन्न (√भिद्)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• कुम्भम्: a pot/jar
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुम्भ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अश्मनि: on a stone/rock
• अश्मनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्मन्
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

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

• धर्मेण: by/through righteousness
• धर्मेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• विजयम्: victory
• विजयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजय
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• कोशम्: treasury/wealth
• कोशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोश
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• लिप्सेत: should desire/seek to obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिप्स् (desiderative of √लभ्)
• Form: optative, third, singular, parasmaipada

• भूमिपः: the king
• भूमिपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमिप
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• king (bhūmipaḥ)
• broken pot (kumbha)
• stone/rock (aśman)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler should pursue victory and wealth only through dharma; success gained by unrighteous means leads to public condemnation and eventual ruin, like a pot shattered on stone.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma, instructing on rājadharma in the Shanti Parva, warns that a king who acts wrongly becomes an object of blame; he urges the king to seek conquest and revenue through righteous conduct.