Shloka 44
मान्धातृ-जन्म-चरितम्
The Birth and Career Account of Māndhātṛ
प्रजाश्षतुर्विधास्तेन त्राता राजन् कृतात्मना | तेनात्मतपसा लोकास्तापिताश्षातितेजसा
prajāś caturvidhās tena trātā rājan kṛtātmanā | tenātmatapasā lokās tāpitāś cātitejasā ||
Lomaśa sprach: „O König, durch ihn—selbstbeherrscht und in Zucht—wurden die vier Stände der Untertanen beschützt. Und durch die Glut seiner inneren Askese ließ jener überaus Strahlende die Welten seine brennende Kraft verspüren.“
लोमश उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler’s legitimacy and effectiveness rest on self-mastery (kṛtātmatā) and disciplined austerity (tapas): inner restraint generates moral power (tejas) that enables the protection and ordering of society.
Lomaśa, addressing the king, praises a powerful figure’s righteous governance: he protected the people (described as fourfold) and, through intense inner austerity and brilliance, exerted a formidable influence felt across the worlds.