Shloka 6

य॑ हि धर्म चरन्तीह प्रजा राज्ञा सुरक्षिता: । चतुर्थ तस्य धर्मस्य राजा भारत विन्दति,भारत! राजाद्वारा सुरक्षित हुई प्रजा यहाँ जिस धर्मका आचरण करती है, उसका चौथा भाग राजाको भी मिल जाता है

ya hi dharmaṁ carantīha prajā rājñā surakṣitāḥ | caturthaṁ tasya dharmasya rājā bhārata vindati ||

ഹേ ഭാരതാ! രാജാവിന്റെ സംരക്ഷണത്തിൽ കഴിയുന്ന പ്രജകൾ ഇവിടെ ഏതു ധർമ്മം ആചരിക്കുമോ, ആ ധർമ്മത്തിന്റെ പുണ്യത്തിൽ നാലിലൊന്ന് രാജാവിനും ലഭിക്കുന്നു.

यःwho/which
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
धर्मम्dharma, righteous conduct
धर्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
चरन्तिthey practice/observe
चरन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootचर्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
इहhere/in this world
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
प्रजाःsubjects/people
प्रजाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
राज्ञाby the king
राज्ञा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
सुरक्षिताःwell-protected
सुरक्षिताः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-रक्षित
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
चतुर्थम्a fourth part
चतुर्थम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर्थ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
तस्यof that
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
धर्मस्यof the dharma (merit)
धर्मस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
राजाthe king
राजा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भारतO Bharata
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
विन्दतिobtains/gets
विन्दति:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
भारतO Bharata
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
B
Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira)
R
rājā (the king)
P
prajāḥ (the subjects)

Educational Q&A

A king who genuinely protects his subjects shares in the moral merit they generate through righteous living; political responsibility and public virtue are ethically interconnected.

In the Śānti Parva dialogue on statecraft and ethics, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira about rājadharma, explaining that a ruler’s protective governance entitles him to a portion of the people’s dharmic merit.