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Shloka 29.9Unverified draft

आचार्या गुरवो वृद्धा वृथा वां पर्युपासिताः । सारं यद्राजशास्त्राणामनुजीव्यं न गृह्यते ।।6.29.9।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
ācāryā guravo vṛddhā vṛthā vāṃ paryupāsitāḥआचार्या गुरवो वृद्धा वृथा वां पर्युपासिताःyou have served teachers, gurus and elders in vainnominative plurals + adverb + instrumental dual pronoun + past participle plural
sāraṃ yadrājaśāstrāṇāmanujīvyaṃ na gṛhyateसारं यद्राजशास्त्राणामनुजीव्यं न गृह्यतेsince the essence of statecraft, which should guide a servant, is not graspednominative + relative pronoun + genitive plural compound + nominative gerundive + negation + passive verb

Reference: 6.29.9 · Yuddha Kāṇḍa