Shloka 193

Brahmopadeśa: Adhipatitva-kathana, Dharma-lakṣaṇa, and Kṣetra–Kṣetrajña Viveka

Book 14, Chapter 43

Devanagari script

प्राप्रुवन्ति महात्मान इति वित्त द्विजर्षभा: । द्विजवरो! जिनके राज्यमें श्रेष्ठ पुरुषोंकी सब प्रकारसे रक्षा की जाती है

Transliteration

prāpnuvanti mahātmāna iti vitta dvijarṣabhāḥ |

Translation

ヴァーユは言った。「知れ、二度生まれし者たちのうち最勝の者よ。国において優れた人々があらゆるかたちで守護されるなら、その高き心をもつ王はこの世で歓びを受け、死後には尽きることなき至福に到る。」

Word by Word

• प्राप्नुवन्ति: they attain/obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु: आप्/आप्नोति)
• Form: Lat, Present indicative, 3, Plural, Parasmaipada

• महात्मानः: great-souled (men/kings)
• महात्मानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इति: thus/so (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• वित्त: know (this); understand
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु: विद्) → वित्त (कृदन्त/भूतकृत्)
• Form: क्त (kta), imperative-like usage as exhortation, Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• द्विजर्षभाः: O best of the twice-born (brahmins)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Plural

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva (Wind-god)
• dvijarṣabha (addressed Brahmins)
• mahātmānaḥ (noble kings)
• rājya (kingdom/realm)
• śreṣṭha-puruṣāḥ (excellent men)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler’s dharma includes actively protecting the virtuous and excellent people of the realm; such righteous governance yields joy in this life and enduring spiritual reward after death.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva addresses Brahmins and states a moral principle of kingship: when a king ensures comprehensive protection of worthy persons in his kingdom, he gains worldly happiness and imperishable happiness in the next world.