Shloka 6

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

Fire-escape deliberation

Devanagari script

अधिष्ठानवती लक्ष्मी: परायणवती मति: । वर्धमानो5खिलो धर्मस्तेनासीत्‌ पृथिवीक्षिताम्‌

Transliteration

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

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。その治世のもとで繁栄は確かに根を下ろし、知性は最高の目的へと揺るぎなく帰依した。かくして地上の諸王において、ダルマは日々増大し—他の王たちの移ろいやすい幸運さえ、ユディシュティラ王の統治によって安定したのである。

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.