Shloka 6

Devanagari script

धर्मक्रिया यज्ञशीला: सत्यव्रतपरायणा: । अन्योन्यप्रीतिसंयुक्ता व्यवर्थन्त प्रजास्तदा,उस समयकी प्रजा सत्य-व्रतके पालनमें तत्पर हो स्वभावतः यज्ञ-कर्ममें लगी रहती और धर्मानुकूल कर्मोमें संलग्न रहकर एक-दूसरेको प्रसन्न रखती हुई सदा उन्नतिके पथपर बढ़ती जाती थी

Transliteration

dharmakriyā yajñaśīlāḥ satyavrataparāyaṇāḥ | anyonyaprītisaṃyuktā vyavardhanta prajāstadā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: In those days the people were devoted to righteous conduct, naturally inclined to sacrificial duties, steadfast in vows of truth, and bound together by mutual affection; thus they continually prospered and advanced along the path of well-being.

Word by Word

धर्मक्रियाःengaged in righteous acts

यज्ञशीलाःhabitually devoted to sacrifices

सत्यव्रतपरायणाःwholly devoted to vows of truth

अन्योन्यप्रीतिसंयुक्ताःendowed with mutual affection

व्यवर्धन्तthey prospered / increased

प्रजाःthe people

तदाthen / at that time

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana)

प

प्रजा (the people/subjects)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A society flourishes when people are grounded in dharma, disciplined in truthfulness (satyavrata), committed to sacred duty (yajña), and sustained by mutual goodwill; ethical integrity and social harmony are presented as the basis of collective prosperity.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana describes an earlier time as an ideal moral and social condition: the populace practiced dharma, performed yajñas, kept vows of truth, maintained mutual affection, and therefore steadily prospered.