Shloka 39

Devanagari script

एवमस्त्विति तेनासौ मृगेन्द्रेणाभिपूजित: । प्राप्तवान्‌ मतिसाचिव्यं गोमायुर्व्याप्रयोनित:,“अच्छा, ऐसा ही होगा” यह कहकर शेरने उसका बड़ा सम्मान किया। सियार बाघराजाके बुद्धिदायक सचिवके पदपर प्रतिष्ठित हो गया

Transliteration

evam astv iti tenāsau mṛgendreṇābhipūjitaḥ | prāptavān matisācivyaṃ gomāyur vyāprayoniṭaḥ ||

Translation

«Así sea», dijo el león; y, honrado de tal modo por el rey de las bestias, aquel chacal —nacido de linaje vil— obtuvo el cargo de «consejero en política e inteligencia». El episodio muestra cómo el favor real y la lisonja pueden encumbrar al indigno, y advierte que los nombramientos sin discernimiento ponen en peligro el gobierno conforme al dharma.

Word by Word

एवम्thus, so

अस्तुlet it be

इतिthus (quotative)

तेनby him/thereby

असौthat one (he)

मृगेन्द्रेणby the lord of beasts (lion)

अभिपूजितःhonoured, highly respected

प्राप्तवान्obtained, attained

मतिसाचिव्यम्counsel/ministership of intelligence (wise secretaryship)

गोमायुःthe jackal

व्याप्रयोनितःborn of a tigress / of tiger-womb

Speaker

शार्टूल उवाच

Characters & Entities

श

शार्टूल (Śārṭūla, speaker)

म

मृगेन्द्र (lion, king of beasts)

ग

गोमायु (jackal)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler must appoint advisers through discernment and merit, not mere approval or flattery; otherwise unfit persons can gain power and distort righteous governance (dharma).

What is happening in the narrative?

The lion agrees (“evam astu”), honors the jackal, and installs him in the role of an intelligence/counsel minister (matisācivya), despite the jackal being described as of low origin.