Shloka 6

Devanagari script

यत्‌ प्रियं च द्विजस्यास्य हितं॑ चैव तवानघ । यतिष्यामि तथा राजन व्येतु ते मानसो ज्वर:,निष्पाप नरेश! आपकी मानसिक चिन्ता दूर हो जानी चाहिये। मैं वही कार्य करनेका प्रयत्न करूँगी जो इन तपस्वी ब्राह्मणको प्रिय और आपके लिये हितकर हो

Transliteration

yat priyaṃ ca dvijasya asya hitaṃ caiva tavānagha | yatiṣyāmi tathā rājan vyetu te mānaso jvaraḥ ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「罪なき王よ、私はこの苦行のバラモンにとって喜ばしく、またあなたにとっても益となることを、そのまま成し遂げるよう努めよう。あなたの心に燃える不安の熱が鎮まりますように。」

Word by Word

यत्whatever/that which

प्रियम्dear, pleasing

चand

द्विजस्यof the brahmin (twice-born)

अस्यof this (one)

हितम्beneficial, good

चand

एवindeed, just

तवof you/for you

अनघO blameless one

यतिष्यामिI will strive/endeavor

तथाthus, in that manner

राजन्O king

व्येतुlet it go away/disappear

तेyour (of you)

मानसःmental, of the mind

ज्वरःfever; anguish

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

rājan (the king addressed)

dvija (a brahmin ascetic)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One should act by harmonizing what is pleasing to the virtuous (priya) with what is truly beneficial (hita), and compassionate reassurance is itself a dharmic act that relieves mental distress.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker reassures a king who is mentally troubled, promising to undertake a course of action that will both satisfy a brahmin ascetic and serve the king’s welfare, so that the king’s anxiety may subside.