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Mahabharata
Sabhākriyā-parva (Nārada's Questions on the Duty of a King (Rājadharma))2.5.18–20
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Mahabharata · 2.5.18–20
॥
Devanāgarī

कच्चिन् निद्रावशं नैषि कच्चित् काले विबुध्यसे ॥
कच्चिच् चापररात्रेषु चिन्तयस्य् अर्थम् अर्थवित् ॥
कच्चिन् मन्त्रयसे नैकः कच्चिन् न बहुभिः सह ॥
कच्चित् ते मन्त्रितो मन्त्रो न राष्ट्रम् अनुधावति ॥
कच्चिद् अर्थान् विनिश्चित्य लघुमूलान् महोदयान् ॥
क्षिप्रम् आरभसे कर्तुं न विघ्नयसि तादृशान् ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

kaccin nidrāvaśaṃ naiṣi kaccit kāle vibudhyase ||
kaccic cāpararātreṣu cintayasy artham arthavit ||
kaccin mantrayase naikaḥ kaccin na bahubhiḥ saha ||
kaccit te mantrito mantro na rāṣṭram anudhāvati ||
kaccid arthān viniścitya laghumūlān mahodayān ||
kṣipram ārabhase kartuṃ na vighnayasi tādṛśān ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
कच्चित् निद्रा-वशम् न एषिkaccit nidrā-vaśam na eṣiI hope you do not surrender to the power of sleep;
कच्चित् काले विबुध्यसेkaccit kāle vibudhyaseI hope you awaken at the proper time;
कच्चित् च अपर-रात्रेषु चिन्तयसि अर्थम् अर्थ-वित्kaccit ca apara-rātreṣu cintayasi artham artha-vitI hope that in the last hours of the night you reflect on affairs, O knower of profit;
कच्चित् मन्त्रयसे न एकः कच्चित् न बहुभिः सहkaccit mantrayase na ekaḥ kaccit na bahubhiḥ sahaI hope you take counsel neither alone nor with too many at once;
कच्चित् ते मन्त्रितः मन्त्रः न राष्ट्रम् अनुधावतिkaccit te mantritaḥ mantraḥ na rāṣṭram anudhāvatiI hope the design you have deliberated does not spread abroad through the kingdom [is not disclosed];
कच्चित् अर्थान् विनिश्चित्य लघु-मूलान् महा-उदयान्kaccit arthān viniścitya laghu-mūlān mahā-udayānI hope that, having judged which affairs are of little cost and great yield,
क्षिप्रम् आरभसे कर्तुम् न विघ्नयसि तादृशान्kṣipram ārabhase kartum na vighnayasi tādṛśānyou quickly set about accomplishing them and do not delay with such [affairs]?
कच्चिन्kaccinoriginal form "kaccin", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
निद्रावशंnidrāvaśaṃoriginal form "nidrāvaśaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नैषिnaiṣioriginal form "naiṣi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कच्चिच्kaccicoriginal form "kaccic", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चापररात्रेषुcāpararātreṣuoriginal form "cāpararātreṣu", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चिन्तयस्य्cintayasyoriginal form "cintayasy", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अर्थवित्arthavitoriginal form "arthavit", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कच्चिन्kaccinoriginal form "kaccin", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नैकःnaikaḥoriginal form "naikaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कच्चिन्kaccinoriginal form "kaccin", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मन्त्रितोmantritooriginal form "mantrito", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मन्त्रोmantrooriginal form "mantro", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कच्चिद्kaccidoriginal form "kaccid", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
लघुमूलान्laghumūlānoriginal form "laghumūlān", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महोदयान्mahodayānoriginal form "mahodayān", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कर्तुंkartuṃoriginal form "kartuṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation

"I hope you do not surrender to the power of sleep and awaken at the proper hour? I hope that in the last hours of the night you, knower of profit, reflect on your affairs? I hope you take counsel neither alone nor with too many at once, and that the design you have deliberated does not spread abroad through the kingdom [is not disclosed]? I hope that, having judged which affairs are of little cost and great yield, you quickly set about accomplishing them and do not delay with such?"

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