Shloka 7.9Unverified draft
क्रोधात्कामार्थहेतोर्वा न ब्रूयुरनृतं वच: । तेषामविदितं किञ्चित्स्वेषु नास्ति परेषु वा । क्रियमाणं कृतं वापि चारेणापि चिकीर्षितम् ।।1.7.7।।
Meaning
Never from anger, desire, or gain would they utter a falsehood; nothing was unknown to them, in their own land or another's, of what was being done, had been done, or was intended — for they learned it all through spies.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| krodhāt | क्रोधात् | out of anger | Ablative singular |
| kāma-artha-hetor | काम-अर्थ-हेतोर् | for the sake of desire or wealth | Ablative singular |
| vā | वा | or | Indeclinable/particle |
| na brūyu: | न ब्रूयुः | they would not speak | Verb (optative, negated) |
| anṣtam | अन्ष्तम् | untrue | Accusative singular |
| vaca: | वचः | word, speech | Accusative singular |
| teṣām | तेषाम् | of them, to them | Genitive plural |
| aviditam | अविदितम् | unknown | Nominative singular |
| kiñcit | किञ्चित् | anything whatsoever | Nominative singular |
| sveṣu | स्वेषु | among their own | Locative plural |
| na asti | न अस्ति | is not | Verb (present) |
| pareṣu | परेषु | among others | Locative plural |
| vā | वा | or | Indeclinable/particle |
| kriyamāṇam | क्रियमाणम् | being done | Nominative singular (present passive participle) |
| kṛtam | कृतम् | already done | Nominative singular (past participle) |
| vā api | वा अपि | or even | Indeclinable/particle |
| cāreṇa | चारेण | by a spy | Instrumental singular |
| api | अपि | even | Indeclinable/particle |
| cikīrṣitam | चिकीर्षितम् | intended to be done | Nominative singular |
Reference: 1.7.9 · Bāla Kāṇḍa