Shloka 10

Devanagari script

यथा प्राणांश्ष॒ राज्यं च राजन्‌ कामसुखानि च । त्यजेयं न पुनः सत्यं तेन सत्येन खं ब्रज

Transliteration

yathā prāṇān rājyaṃ ca rājan kāmasukhāni ca | tyajeyaṃ na punaḥ satyaṃ tena satyena khaṃ braja ||

Translation

হে ৰাজন! মই মোৰ প্ৰাণ, ৰাজ্য আৰু কামজ সুখো ত্যাগ কৰিব পাৰোঁ; কিন্তু সত্য কেতিয়াও ত্যাগ নকৰোঁ। সেই সত্যৰ বলত তুমি স্বৰ্গলৈ আৰোহণ কৰা।

Word by Word

यथाjust as / as

प्राणान्vital breaths; life

राज्यम्kingdom; sovereignty

चand

राजन्O king

कामसुखानिpleasures of desire; sensual enjoyments

चand

त्यजेयम्I would abandon

नnot

पुनःagain; on the other hand

सत्यम्truth

तेनby that

सत्येनby (that) truth

खम्sky; heaven

ब्रजgo

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

King (rājan)

heaven (kha)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Truth (satya) is presented as the highest ethical commitment—greater than life, power, or pleasure—and as a force that leads to spiritual elevation (attaining heaven).

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses a king, emphasizing unwavering adherence to truth. He declares that everything else may be sacrificed, but not truth, and he blesses/assures the king of heavenly attainment through that truth.