Shloka 11
Narrative of the Śūdra’s Renunciation of Greed
with the Tulādhāra Greatness Prelude
अतिष्ठंत गृहे पूर्वं चिरं तस्य जिगीषया । जितं तेन जगत्सर्वं प्राणानुग्रहकारणात्
atiṣṭhaṃta gṛhe pūrvaṃ ciraṃ tasya jigīṣayā | jitaṃ tena jagatsarvaṃ prāṇānugrahakāraṇāt
മുമ്പ് ജയാഭിലാഷയോടെ അദ്ദേഹം ദീർഘകാലം ഗൃഹത്തിൽ തന്നെ പാർത്തു; ജീവികളുടെ അനുഗ്രഹവും സദ്ഭാവവും ലഭിച്ചതിനാൽ അദ്ദേഹം സർവ്വജഗത്തെയും ജയിച്ചു।
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Concept: True victory is won through compassion and winning the goodwill of living beings; restraint and benevolence can conquer the world more surely than force.
Application: Cultivate goodwill daily: speak truthfully, avoid harm, practice generosity and fairness; influence grows from trust rather than domination.
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: shanta
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: jagatsarvam = jagat + sarvam; prāṇānugrahakāraṇāt is a tatpuruṣa compound; atiṣṭhaṃta read as atiṣṭhanta (लङ् बहुवचन).
FAQs
It frames real conquest as winning the goodwill of living beings (prāṇānugraha), suggesting moral authority and compassion as the basis of lasting victory.
The language of conquest is political in tone, but the stated cause—grace toward living beings—shifts it to an ethical-spiritual ideal of rulership grounded in benevolence.
Dominion achieved through harshness is unstable; the verse elevates kindness and the protection of life as the true means to “conquer the world.”