Shloka 6

Jarītā-Śārṅgaka-saṃvādaḥ — The Dialogue of Jaritā and the Śārṅgaka Chicks

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Devanagari script

अधिष्ठानवती लक्ष्मी: परायणवती मति: । वर्धमानो5खिलो धर्मस्तेनासीत्‌ पृथिवीक्षिताम्‌

Transliteration

adhiṣṭhānavatī lakṣmīḥ parāyaṇavatī matiḥ | vardhamāno 'khilo dharmas tenāsīt pṛthivīkṣitām ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : Sous ce souverain, la prospérité s’établit solidement, et l’intelligence devint ferme, vouée au but le plus élevé. Ainsi, pour les rois de la terre, le dharma tout entier croissait de jour en jour—au point que même la fortune, si changeante chez d’autres, se fit stable grâce au gouvernement du roi Yudhiṣṭhira.

Word by Word

• अधिष्ठानवती: having a firm basis/abode; well-established
• अधिष्ठानवती: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिष्ठानवत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• लक्ष्मीः: fortune, prosperity
• लक्ष्मीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• परायणवती: devoted; having (good) refuge/steadfast reliance
• परायणवती: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परायणवत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मतिः: intellect, understanding
• मतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वर्धमानः: increasing, growing
• वर्धमानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्धमान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अखिलः: entire, whole
• अखिलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मः: dharma, righteousness, law
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• आसीत्: was, existed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (to be)
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

• पृथिवीक्षिताम्: of the kings of the earth
• पृथिवीक्षिताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवीक्षित्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• pṛthivīkṣit (kings of the earth)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links ethical kingship with social flourishing: when a ruler is grounded and principled, prosperity becomes stable, counsel becomes oriented to the highest good, and dharma expands throughout the realm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes the condition of the world under Yudhiṣṭhira’s rule: fortune is no longer wavering, the collective intelligence/counsel is steady in right purpose, and dharma grows among the kings and the wider polity.