Shloka 24

Tapovana-praveśaḥ — The King’s Entry into the Sacred Grove and Vision of the Āśrama

Devanagari script

स्वकर्मनिरताश्नासन्‌ सर्वे वर्णा नराधिप । एवं तदा नरव्यात्र धर्मो न हसते क्वचित्‌,राजन्‌! उस समय सब वर्णोके लोग अपने-अपने कर्मके पालनमें लगे रहते थे। नरश्रेष्ठ! इस प्रकार उस समय कहीं भी धर्मका हास नहीं होता था

Transliteration

svakarmaniratāśnāsan sarve varṇā narādhipa | evaṃ tadā naravyāghra dharmo na hasate kvacit rājān ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O king, all the social orders lived devoted to their own prescribed duties and sustained themselves accordingly. O tiger among men, in that time dharma did not decline anywhere; righteousness was not mocked or diminished, O ruler.”

Word by Word

स्वकर्मनिरताःengaged in their own duties

आसन्were

सर्वेall

वर्णाःsocial classes (varṇas)

नराधिपO king (lord of men)

एवम्thus

तदाthen, at that time

नरव्याघ्रO tiger among men

धर्मःdharma, righteousness

नnot

हसतेlaughs; is mocked/derided

क्वचित्anywhere, ever

राजन्O king

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

narādhipa (the king, addressed)

naravyāghra (the king, addressed)

varṇāḥ (the four social orders, collectively)

dharma

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes