Shloka 176

Rājapurohita-lakṣaṇa and Purūravas–Vāyu Saṃvāda

Varṇa, Sovereignty, and Abhaya-dāna

Devanagari script

तस्य धर्मस्य सर्वस्य भागी राजपुरोहित: । क्षत्रियधर्ममें तत्पर रहनेवाला

Transliteration

tasya dharmasya sarvasya bhāgī rājapurohitaḥ |

Translation

クシャトリヤの務め（kṣatriya-dharma）に専心し、驕りを離れ、王付きの祭司の諫言を喜んで聴こうとする王は、その心構えそのものによって名誉を得る。かくも学識ある統治者は久しく栄名を保ち、王の祭司はその王のダルマ全体の分け前に与る——正しい統治は、ただ力によってではなく、謙虚さと導きによって支えられるからである。

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• धर्मस्य: of dharma/duty
• धर्मस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सर्वस्य: of all/entire
• सर्वस्य: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भागी: a sharer/participant
• भागी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भागिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजपुरोहितः: the king's priest (royal chaplain)
• राजपुरोहितः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजपुरोहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

ऐल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ऐल (Aila)
• राजपुरोहित (royal priest)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous kingship is upheld by humility and receptivity to wise counsel; therefore the royal priest, who guides the king in dharma, becomes a participant in the king’s total dharmic merit and responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Aila states a principle of rājadharma: when a learned king remains devoted to kṣatriya-duty and listens to his purohita without ego, he gains lasting fame, and the royal priest is counted as sharing in the king’s dharma.