Shloka 47

Devanagari script

तथा धर्मार्थकामेषु सिद्धि च लभते नर: । पृथुं वैन्यं नूपवरं पृथ्वी यस्याभवत्‌ सुता

Transliteration

tathā dharmārthakāmeṣu siddhiṁ ca labhate naraḥ | pṛthuṁ vainyaṁ nūpavaraṁ pṛthvī yasya abhavat sutā ||

Translation

ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ມະນຸດຍ່ອມໄດ້ຮັບຄວາມສໍາເລັດໃນ ທັມມະ (dharma), ອັດຖະ (artha), ແລະ ກາມະ (kāma) ດ້ວຍ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນແຫຼະ ພຣຶທຸ (Pṛthu) ບຸດຂອງ ເວນະ (Vena)—ກະສັດຜູ້ປະເສີດ—ຜູ້ທີ່ແຜ່ນດິນເອງກາຍເປັນດັ່ງບຸດສາວຂອງພຣະອົງ.»

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• धर्मार्थकामेषु: in (matters of) dharma, artha, and kāma
• धर्मार्थकामेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मार्थकाम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• सिद्धिम्: success, attainment
• सिद्धिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• लभते: obtains, attains
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पृथुम्: Pṛthu (name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वैन्यम्: son of Vena; Vainya
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नृपवरम्: the best of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपवर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पृथ्वी: the Earth
• पृथ्वी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथ्वी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• यस्य: whose
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अभवत्: became, was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सुता: daughter
• सुता: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Pṛthu
• Vena
• Pṛthvī (Earth)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When conduct is aligned with dharma, one gains not only moral merit but also effective prosperity (artha) and well-regulated enjoyment (kāma). Pṛthu is cited as the model: righteous rule brings comprehensive success and makes the Earth yield order and abundance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, instructing on dharma and the qualities of an ideal king, invokes the exemplar Pṛthu Vainya. By praising him as an excellent ruler and saying the Earth became like his daughter, the text signals the Earth’s willing cooperation—symbolizing fertility, stability, and prosperity under just governance.