Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तव प्रसादाद्‌ बालास्ते प्राप्ता राज्यमरिंदम । राज्ये तान्‌ स्थापयित्वाग्रे नोपेक्षस्व विनश्यत:

Transliteration

tava prasādād bālāste prāptā rājyam ariṃdama | rājye tān sthāpayitvāgre nopeksasva vinaśyataḥ ||

Translation

“ಓ ಅರಿಂದಮ (ಶತ್ರುದಮನ)! ನಿಮ್ಮ ಅನುಗ್ರಹದಿಂದ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಬಾಲಪುತ್ರರು ರಾಜ್ಯವನ್ನು ಪಡೆದಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಮೊದಲು ಅವರನ್ನು ರಾಜ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ದೃಢವಾಗಿ ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಿ, ನಂತರ ಅವರನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಲಕ್ಷಿಸಬೇಡಿ—ಇಲ್ಲದಿದ್ದರೆ ಅವರು ನಾಶವಾಗುತ್ತಾರೆ.”

Word by Word

तवof you/your

प्रसादात्from (your) favor/grace

बालाःthe boys/sons

तेthose/they

प्राप्ताःhave obtained/attained

राज्यम्the kingdom

अरिंदमO subduer of enemies

राज्येin the kingdom

तान्them

स्थापयित्वाhaving स्थापित/installed

अग्रेthereafter/then; in front

नnot

उपेक्षस्वdo not neglect/overlook

विनश्यतःof (one) perishing/being ruined

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

the addressee titled Ariṃdama (subduer of foes)

the addressee's sons (bālāḥ te)

rājya (kingdom/sovereignty)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power and succession impose a duty of care: a ruler (or benefactor) must not merely grant authority to heirs but must also secure their position and protect them from political danger; neglect after installation can lead to their downfall.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses a powerful figure (hailed as ariṃdama), acknowledging that the speaker’s favor has enabled the other’s young sons to obtain the kingdom, and urges him to establish them firmly in rule and not abandon their cause, warning that neglect could result in their ruin.