Shloka 129

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

तथा शत्रुक्षयं कृत्वा त्वं प्रजा: पालयिष्यसि । स्वधर्मविजितामुर्वी प्राप्प राजीवलोचन,महाराज! जैसे मनु, जैसे इक्ष्वाकु, जैसे महायशस्वी पूरु और जैसे वेननन्दन पृथु हो गये हैं वैसी ही तुम्हारी भी ख्याति है। पूर्वकालमें वृत्रासुरविनाशक देवराज इन्द्रने जैसे सब शत्रुओंका संहार करते हुए निश्चिन्त होकर तीनों लोकोंका पालन किया था, उसी प्रकार तुम भी शत्रुओंका नाश करके प्रजाका पालन करोगे। कमलनयन नरेश! तुम अपने धर्मसे जीती हुई पृथ्वीपर अधिकार प्राप्त करके स्वधर्मपालनद्वारा कार्तवीर्य अर्जुनके समान विख्यात होओगे

Transliteration

tathā śatrukṣayaṃ kṛtvā tvaṃ prajāḥ pālayiṣyasi | svadharmavijitām urvīṃ prāpya rājīvalocana ||

Translation

Nārada said: “Having brought about the destruction of your enemies, you will protect your subjects. O lotus-eyed king, having gained sovereignty over the earth won through your own righteous duty, you will rule as a guardian of the people—secure in dharma, and renowned like the great exemplars of old who upheld order after subduing hostile forces.”

Word by Word

तथाthus, in that manner

शत्रुक्षयम्destruction of enemies

कृत्वाhaving done

त्वम्you

प्रजाःsubjects, people

पालयिष्यसिyou will protect

स्वधर्मविजिताम्conquered by (your) own dharma

उर्वीम्earth, land

प्राप्स्यसिyou will obtain, attain

राजीवलोचनO lotus-eyed one

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Victory is ethically meaningful only when it culminates in rājadharma: the ruler must subdue threats and then protect the people, governing the realm as an extension of svadharma rather than personal desire.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses a king/hero, predicting that after destroying enemies he will obtain the earth through righteous duty and then rule by protecting the subjects—linking martial success to the moral obligation of governance.