Shloka 32

Kuberasaras-darśana (Bhīma beholds Kubera’s guarded lotus-lake) / कुबेरसरः-दर्शनम्

Devanagari script

सा चेद्‌ धर्मकृता न स्यात्‌ त्रयीधर्ममृते भुवि । दण्डनीतिमृते चापि निर्मर्यादमिदं भवेत्‌,यदि लोकमयात्रा धर्मपूर्वक न चलायी जाय, इस पृथ्वीपर वेदोक्त धर्मका पालन न हो और दण्डनीति भी उठा दी जाय तो यह सारा जगत्‌ मर्यादाहीन हो जाय

Transliteration

sā ced dharmakṛtā na syāt trayīdharmamṛte bhuvi | daṇḍanītimṛte cāpi nirmaryādam idaṃ bhavet |

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。――もし世の営みがダルマによって支えられず、この地上から三つのヴェーダに根ざすヴェーダの秩序が失われ、さらに刑罰と統治の規律（ダンダニーティ）までも取り払われるならば、この世界はことごとく境界を失い、抑制を失い、道徳の秩序を失うであろう。

Word by Word

साshe/that (f.)

चेत्if

धर्मकृताdone/established by dharma; righteous

नnot

स्यात्would be

त्रयीधर्ममृतेwithout the Vedic (threefold) dharma

भुविon earth

दण्डनीतिमृतेwithout the policy of punishment; without governance

चand

अपिalso/even

निर्मर्यादम्without bounds/limits; lawless

इदम्this

भवेत्would become

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

trayī (the three Vedas)

daṇḍanīti

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?

Society remains stable only when two supports operate together: dharma (especially the Vedic moral-religious order) and daṇḍanīti (lawful governance and punishment). Removing either leads to nirmaryādatā—loss of restraint, boundaries, and ethical order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, states a general principle about how the world is sustained: the regulated course of life depends on adherence to Vedic dharma and on the king’s disciplinary governance; without them, the world becomes lawless.