Shloka 186

Rājapurohita-lakṣaṇa and Purūravas–Vāyu Saṃvāda

Varṇa, Sovereignty, and Abhaya-dāna

Devanagari script

सम्यग्वृत्ता: स्वधर्मस्था न कुतश्चिद्‌ भयान्विता: । इस प्रकार राजाके आश्रयमें रहकर सारी प्रजा सदाचारपरायण, अपने-अपने धर्ममें तत्पर और सब ओरसे निर्भय हो जाती है

Transliteration

samyagvṛttāḥ svadharmasthā na kutaścid bhayānvitāḥ |

Translation

王の庇護のもとに住むなら、民はみな品行正しく規律を守り、それぞれの務めに堅く立ち、いずれの方角からも恐れを抱かぬ。ここに王権の倫理的役割が示される。統治が正しく、しかも守護的であるとき、社会の秩序と各人のダルマは自ずから栄え、不安は退く。

Word by Word

• सम्यक्: properly, rightly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक्

• वृत्ताः: well-conducted, of good conduct
• वृत्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत्त (वृत्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्वधर्मस्थाः: standing in (devoted to) one’s own duty
• स्वधर्मस्थाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वधर्मस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• कुतश्चित्: from anywhere, from any quarter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतस् + चित्

• भयान्विताः: possessed of fear, fearful
• भयान्विताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भयान्वित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

ऐल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Aiḷa (speaker)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous kingship (protective, orderly rule) enables people to live with good conduct, remain established in their own dharma, and become free from fear; political protection is presented as a moral condition for societal virtue.

What is happening in the narrative?

Aiḷa is describing the effect of a king’s shelter: when the ruler provides proper protection and stability, the populace collectively becomes disciplined, dutiful, and secure.