Shloka 13

Devanagari script

यच्च भूतं सम्भजते ये च भूतास्तदन्वया: । अधर्मस्थे हि नृपतौ सर्वे शोचन्ति पार्थिव,भूपाल! राजा जिन प्राणियोंको अन्न आदि देकर उनकी सेवा करता है और जो प्राणी राजासे सम्बन्ध रखते हैं, वे सब-के-सब उस राजाके अधर्मपरायण होनेपर शोक प्रकट करने लगते हैं

Transliteration

yac ca bhūtaṃ sambhajate ye ca bhūtās tad-anvayāḥ | adharmasthe hi nṛpatau sarve śocanti pārthiva ||

Translation

Utathya sagt: „Alle Wesen, die ein König unterstützt und denen er dient — indem er Nahrung und dergleichen gewährt — und alle, die mit ihnen verbunden sind, geraten unweigerlich in Trauer, wenn jener Herrscher sich im Adharma festsetzt. Denn wenn ein Souverän ins Unrecht abgleitet, breitet sich der Kummer durch das ganze Geflecht der Abhängigen und Beziehungen aus, die von seiner Herrschaft getragen werden.“

Word by Word

यत्whatever (being/thing)

चand

भूतम्a being/creature

सम्भजतेserves/attends to, shares with

येwho (those who)

चand

भूताःbeings/creatures

तत्that

अन्वयाःconnected/related (followers, dependents)

अधर्मस्थेwhen (he) is established in unrighteousness

हिindeed/for

नृपतौin the king

सर्वेall

शोचन्तिgrieve, lament

पार्थिवO king (earth-lord)

Speaker

उतथ्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Utathya

nṛpati (the king/ruler)

pārthiva (addressed sovereign)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A king’s personal adherence to dharma is not private; it determines the well-being of all who depend on him. When the ruler becomes adharmic, grief and disorder spread through the entire network of subjects and associates sustained by his governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Utathya is instructing a king about the consequences of unrighteous rule, emphasizing that those maintained by royal support—and those connected to them—collectively suffer and lament when the sovereign turns to adharma.