Shloka 35

कल्माषपाद-शाप-कारणम्

Cause of Kalmāṣapāda’s Niyoga under a Curse

Devanagari script

ततः पुरे च राष्ट्र च वनेषूपवनेषु च । आदिदेश महीपालस्तमेव सचिवं तदा,उन दिनों भूपालने नगर, राष्ट्र वन तथा उपवनोंकी देखभाल एवं रक्षाके लिये मन्त्रीको ही आदेश देकर विदा किया

Transliteration

tataḥ pure ca rāṣṭre ca vaneṣūpavaneṣu ca | ādidēśa mahīpālas tam eva sacivaṃ tadā ||

Translation

Then the king ordered that very minister to oversee and safeguard the city and the realm—likewise the forests and the pleasure-groves—and, having entrusted him with this responsibility, dismissed him.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• पुरे: in the city
• पुरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• राष्ट्रे: in the kingdom/realm
• राष्ट्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वनेषु: in the forests
• वनेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• उपवनेषु: in the groves/parks
• उपवनेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• आदिदेश: commanded/ordered
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√दिश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महीपालः: the king
• महीपालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सचिवम्: minister/counsellor
• सचिवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सचिव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• mahīpāla (the king)
• saciva (the minister)
• pura (city)
• rāṣṭra (kingdom)
• vana (forest)
• upavana (grove)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A king’s dharma includes comprehensive protection and orderly governance—extending from the city and the wider realm to forests and groves—implemented through responsible delegation to capable ministers.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha narrates that the king, at that moment, instructs his minister to take charge of guarding and managing the city, the kingdom, and surrounding natural domains, and then sends him off to carry out those duties.