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Shloka 1.10Unverified draft

नियुक्तो नृपतेः कार्यं न कुर्याद्यः समाहितः । भृत्यो युक्तः समर्थश्च तमाहुः पुरुषाधमम् ।।6.1.10।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
niyukto nṛpateḥ kāryaṃ na kuryādyaḥ samāhitaḥनियुक्तो नृपतेः कार्यं न कुर्याद्यः समाहितःthe servant who, given the king's task, does not do it attentivelypast participle + genitive + accusative + negation + optative verb + relative pronoun + past participle
bhṛtyo yuktaḥ samarthaśca tamāhuḥ puruṣādhamamभृत्यो युक्तः समर्थश्च तमाहुः पुरुषाधमम्though fit and able, they call the lowest of mennominative + past participle + nominative adjective + particle + accusative pronoun + verb plural + accusative compound

Reference: 6.1.10 · Yuddha Kāṇḍa