Shloka 2

Purohita-Niyoga and the Brahma–Kṣatra Concord

Aila–Kaśyapa Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

धर्मात्मा मन्त्रविद्‌ येषां राज्ञां राजन्‌ पुरोहित: । राजा चैवंगुणो येषां कुशलं तेषु सर्वश:,राजन्‌! जिन राजाओंका पुरोहित धर्मात्मा एवं सलाह देनेमें कुशल होता है और जिनका राजा भी ऐसे ही गुणोंसे सम्पन्न (धर्मपरायण एवं गुप्त बातोंका जाननेवाला) होता है, उन राजा और प्रजाओंका सब प्रकारसे भला होता है

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | dharmātmā mantravid yeṣāṃ rājñāṃ rājan purohitaḥ | rājā caivaṃguṇo yeṣāṃ kuśalaṃ teṣu sarvaśaḥ ||

Translation

Bhishma said: O King, when a ruler’s royal priest is righteous in character and skilled in counsel, and when the king himself possesses the same qualities, then for such a king and his people there is well-being in every respect.

Word by Word

धर्मात्माrighteous-souled

मन्त्रविद्knower of counsel/secret matters

येषाम्of whom/whose

राज्ञाम्of kings

राजन्O king

पुरोहितःthe royal priest

राजाthe king

चand

एवम्thus/in this manner

गुणःpossessed of such qualities

येषाम्of whom/whose

कुशलम्welfare/prosperity

तेषुamong/in them

सर्वशःin every way

राजन्O king

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

King (Yudhishthira, addressed as rājan)

purohita (royal priest)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes