Shloka 52

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

Devanagari script

क्षत्र याति तथा स्वर्ग भुवि निग्रहपालनै: । सम्यक्‌ प्रणीतदण्डा हि कामद्वेषविवर्जिता: । अलुब्धा विगतक्रोधा: सतां यान्ति सलोकताम्‌

Transliteration

kṣatra yāti tathā svargaṁ bhuvi nigrahapālanaiḥ | samyak praṇītadaṇḍā hi kāmadveṣavivarjitāḥ | alubdhā vigatakrodhāḥ satāṁ yānti salokatām ||

Translation

ಅದೇ ರೀತಿಯಾಗಿ ಕ್ಷತ್ರಿಯನು ಭೂಮಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಯಂತ್ರಣ ಮತ್ತು ಪಾಲನೆ (ರಕ್ಷಣೆ) ಮೂಲಕ ಸ್ವರ್ಗವನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ. ದಂಡವನ್ನು ಸಮ್ಯಕವಾಗಿ ವಿಧಿಸುವವರು—ಕಾಮ-ದ್ವೇಷರಹಿತರು, ಲೋಭರಹಿತರು, ಕ್ರೋಧರಹಿತರು—ಸಜ್ಜನರ ಲೋಕವನ್ನು ಸೇರುತ್ತಾರೆ.

Word by Word

क्षत्रम्kingship/royal power

यातिgoes/attains

तथाthus/likewise

स्वर्गम्heaven

भुविon earth

निग्रहपालनैःby restraint and protection/governance

सम्यक्properly

प्रणीतदण्डाःhaving duly imposed punishment/discipline

हिindeed/for

कामद्वेषविवर्जिताःfree from desire and hatred

अलुब्धाःnot greedy

विगतक्रोधाःwith anger gone; free from wrath

सताम्of the good/virtuous

यान्तिgo/attain

सलोकताम्the state of being in the same world (as them)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

kṣatriya (kṣatra)

svarga

sat (the virtuous)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler’s path to merit is not mere power but righteous governance: protecting society and restraining wrongdoing through properly measured punishment, while remaining free from desire, hatred, greed, and anger. Such impartial self-controlled rule leads to the heavenly/virtuous realm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is describing the ethical standard of kṣatriya conduct (rājadharma): how a king or warrior-ruler should maintain order on earth through protection and restraint, and what spiritual result follows from administering justice without personal passions.