Shloka 17

Gārhasthya-Śreṣṭhatā and Kṣatriya-Daṇḍadhāraṇa

Householder Primacy and the Royal Duty of Punishment

Devanagari script

सुना जाता है कि राजर्षि सुद्युम्नने दण्डधारणके द्वारा ही प्रचेताकुमार दक्षके समान परम सिद्धि प्राप्त कर ली ।। युधिछिर उवाच भगवन्‌ कर्मणा केन सुद्युम्नो वसुधाधिप: । संसिद्धि परमां प्राप्त: श्रोतुमिच्छामि तं नृपम्‌,युधिष्ठिरने पूछा--भगवन्‌! पृथिवीपति सुद्युम्नने किस कर्मसे परम सिद्धि प्राप्त कर ली थी। मैं उन नरेशका चरित्र सुनना चाहता हूँ

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | bhagavan karmaṇā kena sudyumno vasudhādhipaḥ | saṁsiddhiṁ paramāṁ prāptaḥ śrotum icchāmi taṁ nṛpam ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Revered sir, by what deed did King Sudyumna, lord of the earth, attain the highest perfection? I wish to hear the account of that king.”

Word by Word

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

उवाचsaid

भगवन्O venerable one / Lord

कर्मणाby what act / by which deed

केनby which? / by what?

सुद्युम्नःSudyumna

वसुधा-अधिपःlord of the earth (king)

संसिद्धिम्accomplishment / success / perfection

परमाम्supreme

प्राप्तःhaving attained / attained

श्रोतुम्to hear

इच्छामिI wish / I desire

तम्that (him)

नृपम्king

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Sudyumna

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes