Shloka 58

Treasury Security, Protection of Informants, and the Kalakavṛkṣīya Exemplum (Śānti Parva 83)

Devanagari script

राजोवाच भूयसा परिहारेण सत्कारेण च भूयसा । पूजितो ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठ भूयो वस गृहे मम

Transliteration

rājovāca bhūyasā parihāreṇa satkāreṇa ca bhūyasā | pūjito brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha bhūyo vasa gṛhe mama ||

Translation

ರಾಜನು ಹೇಳಿದನು— “ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠನೇ! ನಾನು ನಿನಗೆ ಇನ್ನಷ್ಟು ರಕ್ಷಣೆ ಮತ್ತು ಇನ್ನಷ್ಟು ಆತಿಥ್ಯ-ಸತ್ಕಾರವನ್ನು ನೀಡಿ ಗೌರವಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ನನ್ನಿಂದ ವಿಧಿವತ್ತಾಗಿ ಪೂಜಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟು ನೀನು ಮತ್ತೆ—ಹೌದು, ದೀರ್ಘಕಾಲ—ನನ್ನ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಿಸು।”

Word by Word

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भूयसा: with more / greatly
• भूयसा: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूयस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• परिहारेण: by protection/avoidance (removal of danger)
• परिहारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिहार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सत्कारेण: by honor/respectful hospitality
• सत्कारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्कार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भूयसा: with more / greatly
• भूयसा: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूयस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• पूजितः: honored, worshipped
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूजित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठ: O best of Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठ: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भूयः: again; further; moreover
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्

• वस: dwell; stay
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गृहे: in (my) house
• गृहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मम: of me; my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• rājā (the king)
• brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha (an eminent Brahmin)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A king’s dharma includes actively protecting the worthy and extending generous hospitality; honoring a virtuous Brahmin is presented as an ethical obligation expressed through both safety (parihāra) and respectful service (satkāra).

What is happening in the narrative?

A king addresses an eminent Brahmin, inviting him to stay in the royal household, promising increased protection from dangers and enhanced honor and hospitality, urging him to reside there for a long time.