Shloka 34

Devanagari script

“महाराज! नरेश्वर! तुम्हें लोकतन्त्रका सम्यक्‌ ज्ञान है। तात! इसीलिये तुममें लोभजनित कोई भी बर्ताव नहीं है ।। राजर्षीणां पुराणानां मार्गमन्विच्छ भारत । दाने तपसि सत्ये च भव तात युधिष्ठिर,“भारत! प्राचीन राजर्षियोंके मार्गका अनुसरण करो। तात युधिष्छिर! तुम सदा दान, तपस्या और सत्यमें ही संलग्न रहो

Transliteration

mahārāja! nareśvara! tubhyaṁ lokatantrasya samyak jñānam asti. tāta! tasmāt tvayi lobhajanitaḥ kaścid api vyavahāro nāsti. rājārṣīṇāṁ purāṇānāṁ mārgam anviccha bhārata. dāne tapasi satye ca bhava tāta yudhiṣṭhira.

Translation

বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে—মহাৰাজ, নৰেশ্বৰ! লোকনীতি আৰু শাসন-ব্যৱস্থাৰ নীতি-তত্ত্বৰ সম্যক জ্ঞান তোমাৰ আছে; সেয়ে, তাত, লোভজনিত কোনো আচৰণ তোমাৰ মাজত নাই। হে ভাৰত! প্ৰাচীন ৰাজর্ষিসকলৰ পথ অনুসৰণ কৰা। তাত যুধিষ্ঠিৰ! দান, তপস্যা আৰু সত্যত সদায় নিবিষ্ট থাকা।

Word by Word

• {'mahārāja': 'great king', 'nareśvara': 'lord of men

• ruler', 'lokatantra': 'the system/order of the people

• governance', 'samyak-jñāna': 'correct and complete knowledge', 'tāta': 'dear one

• child (term of affectionate address)', 'lobha': 'greed', 'lobhajanita': 'arising from greed', 'vyavahāra': 'conduct

• behavior', 'rājārṣi': 'royal seer

• king-sage', 'purāṇa (purāṇānām)': 'ancient

• of old (here: the ancients)', 'mārga': 'path

• model of conduct', 'anviccha': 'seek

• pursue', 'bhārata': 'descendant of Bharata

• address to a Kuru prince', 'dāna': 'giving

• generosity', 'tapas': 'austerity

• ascetic restraint', 'satya': 'truth

• truthfulness', 'bhava': 'be

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhārata (epithet/address)
• rājārṣis (ancient royal seers)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler should model himself on the ancient king-sages and remain free from greed, grounding governance in the triad of dāna (generosity), tapas (disciplined restraint), and satya (truth).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana praises Yudhiṣṭhira’s understanding of polity and his lack of greed, then exhorts him to follow the exemplary conduct of earlier royal seers by steadfastly practicing charity, austerity, and truthfulness.