Shloka 35

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

मृषानुशासिन: पापा मृषावादपरायणा: । आन्ध्रा: शका: पुलिन्दाश्न यवनाश्न नराधिपा:,छलसे शासन करनेवाले, पापी और असत्यवादी आन्ध्र, शक, पुलिन्द, यवन, काम्बोज, बाह्लीक तथा शौर्यसम्पन्न आभीर इस देशके राजा होंगे। नरश्रेष्ठी उस समय कोई ब्राह्मण अपने धर्मके अनुसार जीविका चलानेवाला न होगा

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

mṛṣānuśāsinaḥ pāpā mṛṣāvādaparāyaṇāḥ |

āndhrāḥ śakāḥ pulindāś ca yavanāś ca narādhipāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : «S’élèveront des souverains pécheurs, gouvernant par la ruse, voués au mensonge. Les rois seront des Andhras, des Śakas, des Pulindas et des Yavanas.»

Word by Word

• मृषानुशासिनः: those who give false instructions / deceitful rulers
• मृषानुशासिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृषानुशासिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पापाः: sinful (ones)
• पापाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मृषावादपरायणाः: devoted to false speech / habitual liars
• मृषावादपरायणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृषावादपरायण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आन्ध्राः: Andhras (a people)
• आन्ध्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आन्ध्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शकाः: Shakas (Scythians)
• शकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुलिन्दाः: Pulindas (a tribe)
• पुलिन्दाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलिन्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यवनाः: Yavanas (Greeks/foreigners)
• यवनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यवन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नराधिपाः: kings / rulers of men
• नराधिपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Andhras
• Śakas
• Pulindas
• Yavanas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse condemns rulers who abandon satya (truth) and dharma, warning that governance rooted in deceit and habitual lying is a mark of moral and social decline.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a prophetic description of deteriorating times, stating that various groups will become kings and that many rulers will be characterized by deceptive rule and devotion to falsehood.