Shloka 47

Dhaumya’s Counsel on Incognito Conduct in a Royal Household (राजवसतौ आचरण-निति)

Devanagari script

यो वै गृहेभ्य: प्रवसन्‌ प्रियाणां नानुसंस्मरेत्‌ । दुःखेन सुखमन्विच्छेत्‌ स राजवसतिं वसेत्‌,जो घर-बार छोड़कर परदेशमें पड़ा रहनेपर भी प्रियजनों एवं अभीष्ट भोगोंका स्मरण नहीं करता और कष्ट सहकर सुख पानेकी इच्छा करता है, वही राजदरबारमें टिक सकता है

Transliteration

yo vai gṛhebhyaḥ pravasan priyāṇāṃ nānusaṃsmaret | duḥkhena sukham anvicchet sa rājavasatiṃ vaset ||

Translation

Dhāumya sprach: „Wer, fern der Heimat lebend, nicht fortwährend an die Geliebten und an ersehnte Annehmlichkeiten denkt, sondern durch ertragenes Leid künftiges Wohlergehen sucht—nur der ist geeignet, am königlichen Hof standhaft zu bleiben.“

Word by Word

यःwho

वैindeed

गृहेभ्यःfrom (one's) home(s)

प्रवसन्living away, dwelling abroad

प्रियाणाम्of loved ones / of dear (things)

नnot

अनुसंस्मरेत्should remember, should call to mind

दुःखेनwith hardship, through suffering

सुखम्happiness, comfort

अन्विच्छेत्should seek, should pursue

सःhe

राजवसतिम्the king's residence / royal court

वसेत्should dwell, can stay

Speaker

धौग्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhaumya

rājavasati (royal residence/court)

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?

Steadiness in demanding duties—especially in a king’s service—requires restraint over longing for home and pleasures, and the willingness to endure hardship for a higher, lasting good.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhaumya offers a practical ethical maxim: only one who can live away from home without constant nostalgia and who can bear difficulties in pursuit of eventual welfare is capable of sustaining life and responsibility in the royal court.