Shloka 52

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

विधवा यस्य विषये नानाथा: काश्चनाभवन्‌ | सदैवासीत्‌ पितृसमो रामो राज्यं यदन्वशात्‌,“उनके राज्यमें कोई भी स्त्री अनाथ-विधवा नहीं हुई। श्रीरामचन्द्रजीने जबतक राज्यका शासन किया, तबतक वे अपनी प्रजाके लिये सदा ही पिताके समान कृपालु बने रहे

Transliteration

vidhavā yasya viṣaye nānāthāḥ kāścanābhavan | sadaivāsīt pitṛsamo rāmo rājyaṃ yad anvaśāt |

Translation

In his realm, no woman ever became destitute as a widow, bereft of support. For as long as Rāma governed the kingdom, he remained unfailingly compassionate toward his subjects, caring for them like a father.

Word by Word

विधवाwidow

यस्यof whom/whose

विषयेin the realm/territory

नnot

अनाथाःwithout protector/orphaned

काश्चनany (at all)

अभवन्were/became

सदाalways

एवindeed/only

आसीत्was

पितृसमःequal to a father, father-like

रामःRama

राज्यम्kingdom, rule

यत्which

अन्वशात्ruled/governed

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

Rāma (Rāmacandra)

women (widows)

kingdom/realm (rājya/viṣaya)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes