Shloka 71
Śaraṇāgatapālana—Prastāvanā
Protection of the Refuge-Seeker: Opening of the Kapota Narrative
यथावदुक्त वचन हितार्थिना निशम्य विप्रेण सुवीरराष्ट्रप: तथाकरोदू् वाक्यमदीनचेतन: श्रियं च दीप्तां बुभुजे सबान्धव:
yathāvad ukta-vacanaṁ hitārthinā niśamya vipreṇa su-vīra-rāṣṭrapaḥ | tathākarod vākyaṁ adīna-cetanaḥ śriyaṁ ca dīptāṁ bubhuje sa-bāndhavaḥ ||
ভীষ্মে ক’লে—হিতকামী ব্ৰাহ্মণে যথাযথভাৱে কোৱা সু-বচন মনোযোগেৰে শুনি, সেই বীৰদেশৰ ৰজাই ঠিক তেনেকৈয়ে আচৰণ কৰিলে। দীন নোহোৱা স্থিৰচিত্তে তেওঁ স্বজন-পরিজনসহ দীপ্তিময় সমৃদ্ধি ভোগ কৰিবলৈ ধৰিলে।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler should listen attentively to well-wishing, learned counsel and implement it as given; such disciplined receptivity and steadiness of mind leads to stable prosperity for oneself and one’s family.
Bhishma narrates that a king, after hearing a Brahmin’s beneficial instruction, follows it exactly and consequently attains shining fortune along with his relatives.