Shloka 5
अमात्य-गुणवर्णनम्
The Virtues of Daśaratha’s Ministers and the Order of Governance
विद्याविनीता ह्रीमन्त: कुशला नियतेन्द्रिया: ।श्रीमन्तश्च महात्मानश्शास्त्रज्ञा दृढविक्रमा: ।।।।कीर्तिमन्त: प्रणिहिता: यथावचनकारिण: ।तेज: क्षमायश:प्राप्ता स्मितपूर्वाभिभाषिण: ।।।।
vidyāvinītā hrīmantaḥ kuśalā niyatendriyāḥ |
śrīmantaś ca mahātmānaḥ śāstrajñā dṛḍhavikramāḥ ||
kīrtimantaḥ praṇihitāḥ yathāvacanakāriṇaḥ |
tejaḥ-kṣamā-yaśaḥprāptā smitapūrvābhibhāṣiṇaḥ ||
ពួកគេមានវិជ្ជា និងវិន័យ មានអៀនខ្មាសចំពោះអំពើអធម៌ ជំនាញ និងគ្រប់គ្រងអារម្មណ៍បាន; មានសិរីសម្បត្តិ ចិត្តធំ ដឹងច្បាស់សាស្ត្រ និងក្លាហានមាំមួន។ មានកេរ្តិ៍ឈ្មោះ និងប្រុងប្រយ័ត្ន ប្រព្រឹត្តតាមពាក្យសន្យា; មានតេជះ អត់ធ្មត់ និងយសសក្តិ និយាយដោយសុភាព ដោយចាប់ផ្តើមជាមួយស្នាមញញឹម។
The king (Dasaratha) had many friends. All the tributary kings were obedient to him. He killed his enemies with his might. There was no foe who was either superior to or equal to him. He ruled the world as Indra ruled the heaven.
FAQs
Public duty requires inner discipline: learning, self-control, truthfulness in action (doing as one says), and kṣamā (forbearance) are presented as ethical foundations for governance.
The narration expands from listing ministers and priests to describing the ministers’ character—why they are fit to support a righteous king.
Integrity and restraint: being true to one’s word, morally modest (hri), and courteous in speech.