अन्वयः

अहो how great, राजा a king, साध्वसाधुनी good and evil actions, विभजन् showing the distinction, लोके in the world, न भवेद्यदि if it were not to happen, इदम् this, तमः स्यात् would be darkness, किञ्चन even a little, न प्रज्ञायेत could not have been known.

M N Dutt

If there were not a king in this world to adjudge fair and foul, darkness would overspread (the face of the earth) and people could not distinguish anything whatever. As the ocean keeps within its continent, we even while the monarch lived, did not disregard your words.

Summary

If the king did not show the distinction between the good and evil actions, this world would have been enveloped by darkness. Nothing could have been seen. How great (is the king)?

पदच्छेदः

अहो	अहो (अव्ययः)
तम	तमस् (१.१)
इवेदं	इव (अव्ययः)–इदम् (१.१)
स्यान्	स्यात् (√अस् विधिलिङ् प्र.पु. एक.)
न	न (अव्ययः)
प्रज्ञायेत	प्रज्ञायेत (√प्र-ज्ञा विधिलिङ् प्र.पु. एक.)
किंचन	कश्चन (२.१)
राजा	राजन् (१.१)
चेन्	चेद् (अव्ययः)
न	न (अव्ययः)
भवेल्	भवेत् (√भू विधिलिङ् प्र.पु. एक.)
लोके	लोक (७.१)
विभजन्	विभजत् (√वि-भज् + शतृ, १.१)
साध्वसाधुनी	साधु–असाधु (२.२)

छन्दः

अनुष्टुप् [८]

छन्दोविश्लेषणम्

१	२	३	४	५	६	७	८
अ	हो	त	म	इ	वे	दं	स्या
न्न	प्र	ज्ञा	ये	त	किं	च	न
रा	जा	चे	न्न	भ	वे	ल्लो	के
वि	भ	ज	न्सा	ध्व	सा	धु	नी