Shloka 176

Rājapurohita-lakṣaṇa and Purūravas–Vāyu Saṃvāda

Varṇa, Sovereignty, and Abhaya-dāna

Devanagari script

तस्य धर्मस्य सर्वस्य भागी राजपुरोहित: । क्षत्रियधर्ममें तत्पर रहनेवाला

Transliteration

tasya dharmasya sarvasya bhāgī rājapurohitaḥ |

Translation

Ein König, der der Pflicht des Kṣatriya ergeben ist, frei von Hochmut und begierig, auf den Rat seines Priesters zu hören, erlangt Ehre durch eben diese Gesinnung. Ein solcher gelehrter Herrscher bleibt lange ruhmreich; und der königliche Priester wird Teilhaber an der gesamten Dharma des Königs — denn gerechte Herrschaft wird durch Demut und Führung getragen, nicht durch bloße Macht.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• धर्मस्य: of dharma/duty
• धर्मस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सर्वस्य: of all/entire
• सर्वस्य: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भागी: a sharer/participant
• भागी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भागिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजपुरोहितः: the king's priest (royal chaplain)
• राजपुरोहितः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजपुरोहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

ऐल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ऐल (Aila)
• राजपुरोहित (royal priest)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous kingship is upheld by humility and receptivity to wise counsel; therefore the royal priest, who guides the king in dharma, becomes a participant in the king’s total dharmic merit and responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Aila states a principle of rājadharma: when a learned king remains devoted to kṣatriya-duty and listens to his purohita without ego, he gains lasting fame, and the royal priest is counted as sharing in the king’s dharma.