Shloka 60

राजवृत्त-रक्षा-प्रणिधि-षाड्गुण्योपदेशः

Royal Conduct, Protection, Intelligence, and Policy Measures

Devanagari script

नराधिपश्चाप्यनुशिष्य मेदिनीं दमेन सत्येन च सौहृदेन । महद्विरिष्टवा क्रतुभिर्महायशा- स्त्रिविष्टपे स्थानमुपैति शाश्वतम्‌

Transliteration

narādhipaścāpy anuśiṣya medinīṃ damena satyena ca sauhṛdena | mahad viriṣṭvā kratubhir mahāyaśās triviṣṭape sthānam upaiti śāśvatam ||

Translation

ഇന്ദ്രിയസംയമവും സത്യവും സൗഹൃദഭാവവും കൊണ്ട് ഭൂമിയെ യഥാവിധി ഭരിച്ച്, മഹായജ്ഞങ്ങൾ അനുഷ്ഠിച്ച് മഹായശസ്സിന്റെ പങ്കാളിയായ രാജാവ് ത്രിവിഷ്ടപത്തിൽ (സ്വർഗ്ഗലോകത്തിൽ) ശാശ്വത സ്ഥാനത്തെ പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• {'narādhipaḥ': 'king, ruler of men', 'api': 'also, indeed', 'anuśiṣya': 'having instructed, having disciplined/educated (properly guiding)', 'medinīm': 'the earth

• by extension, the realm/kingdom', 'damena': 'by self-control, restraint (of senses and conduct)', 'satyena': 'by truth, truthfulness', 'sauhṛdena': 'by friendliness, goodwill, benevolence', 'mahat': 'great, lofty', 'iriṣṭvā (iṣṭvā)': 'having sacrificed, having performed a sacrifice', 'kratubhiḥ': 'with sacrifices/rites (kratu: Vedic sacrificial act)', 'mahāyaśāḥ': 'of great fame

• possessing great renown', 'triviṣṭape': 'in heaven (lit. ‘the three-stepped’ world

• svarga)', 'sthānam': 'place, station, abode', 'upaiti': 'attains, reaches', 'śāśvatam': 'eternal, everlasting'}

Speaker

वसुमना उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वसुमना (Vasumanā)
• नराधिप (king)
• मेदिनी (earth/kingdom)
• त्रिविष्टप (heaven/Svarga)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that ideal kingship rests on moral discipline: self-restraint (dama), truthfulness (satya), and goodwill (sauhṛda) in governing the realm, supported by the performance of great sacrifices; such dharmic rule yields lasting fame and an enduring heavenly reward.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasumanā is describing the fruits of righteous royal conduct: a king who properly guides and governs the earth with ethical virtues and performs major sacrificial rites attains great renown and reaches an everlasting station in heaven.