Shloka 12

Devanagari script

यवीयांसं तत: पूरं पुत्र स्‍्ववशवर्तिनम्‌ । राज्ये निवेशयामास विधेयं नृपसत्तम:

Transliteration

yavīyāṁsaṁ tataḥ pūraṁ putra svavaśavartinam | rājye niveśayāmāsa vidheyaṁ nṛpasattamaḥ ||

Translation

Alors le meilleur des rois établit sur le trône son fils cadet, Pūru—docile et entièrement soumis à la direction de son père. Ce geste met en lumière un principe dharmique du gouvernement : l’autorité est confiée à celui qui a la discipline, obéit à l’ordre légitime et se montre digne de maintenir l’ordre du royaume.

Word by Word

• यवीयांसम्: younger
• यवीयांसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युवन् (यवीयस्-)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ततः: then/thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• पूरम्: Pura (name of a person)
• पूरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• स्ववशवर्तिनम्: obedient/under (his) control
• स्ववशवर्तिनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्ववशवर्तिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• राज्ये: in the kingdom/on the throne
• राज्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• निवेशयामास: installed/placed (as ruler)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-विश् (causative: निवेशय-)
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic), Third, Singular

• विधेयम्: compliant/obedient
• विधेयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधेय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नृपसत्तमः: the best of kings
• नृपसत्तमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Pūru
• the king (nṛpasattamaḥ)
• kingdom/throne (rājya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Legitimate rule is entrusted to a successor who is disciplined and responsive to rightful authority; obedience and fitness for duty are presented as ethical qualifications for governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva narrates that the king appoints his younger son Pūru to the throne because Pūru is compliant and capable of being guided, indicating a deliberate choice of successor based on character and governability.