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TEXT 43

TEXT 43

Devanagari

Devanagari

शौर्यं तेजो धृतिर्दाक्ष्यं युद्धे चाप्यपलायनम् ।
दानमीश्वरभावश्च क्षात्रं कर्म स्वभावजम् ॥ ४३ ॥

Text

Tekst

śauryaṁ tejo dhṛtir dākṣyaṁ
yuddhe cāpy apalāyanam
dānam īśvara-bhāvaś ca
kṣātraṁ karma svabhāva-jam
śauryaṁ tejo dhṛtir dākṣyaṁ
yuddhe cāpy apalāyanam
dānam īśvara-bhāvaś ca
kṣātraṁ karma svabhāva-jam

Synonyms

Synonyms

śauryam — heroism; tejaḥ — power; dhṛtiḥ — determination; dākṣyam — resourcefulness; yuddhe — in battle; ca — and; api — also; apalāyanam — not fleeing; dānam — generosity; īśvara — of leadership; bhāvaḥ — the nature; ca — and; kṣātram — of a kṣatriya; karma — duty; svabhāva-jam — born of his own nature.

śauryam — kangelaslikkus; tejaḥ — jõud; dhṛtiḥ — sihikindlus; dākṣyam — leidlikkus; yuddhe — lahingus; ca — ja; api — samuti; apalāyanam — pagemata; dānam — heldekäelisus; īśvara — juhtimisvõime; bhāvaḥ — loodus; ca — ja; kṣātram — kṣatriyale kuuluv; karma — kohustus; svabhāva-jam — tema isiklikust loomusest sündinud.

Translation

Translation

Heroism, power, determination, resourcefulness, courage in battle, generosity and leadership are the natural qualities of work for the kṣatriyas.

Kangelaslikkus, jõud, sihikindlus, leidlikkus, julgus lahingus, heldekäelisus ja juhtimisvõime on kṣatriyale loomulikud omadused, mille kohaselt ta tegutseb.