Canonical Ref: BK 5.9
Metrical Form: अनुष्टुप्
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
करिष्यमाणं विज्ञेयं कार्यं किं नु कृतं परैः ।अपकारे कृतेऽप्यज्ञो विजिगीषुर्न वा भवान् ॥
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
Karandikar:
‘(Even) the task that will be achieved by the enemies (in the future) should be known (by a king); what then of that which has (already been done ? Ignorant, even when a harm ( is done ), is it (possible) that you are not (at all) intent on victory ?
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Bhaṭṭikāvyam, BK 5.9. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.