Shloka 44
मान्धातृ-जन्म-चरितम्
The Birth and Career Account of Māndhātṛ
प्रजाश्षतुर्विधास्तेन त्राता राजन् कृतात्मना | तेनात्मतपसा लोकास्तापिताश्षातितेजसा
prajāś caturvidhās tena trātā rājan kṛtātmanā | tenātmatapasā lokās tāpitāś cātitejasā ||
राजन्, त्या कृतात्म्याने प्रजांचे चारही वर्ण रक्षण केले; आणि अंतस्तपाच्या उष्णतेने, अतितेजस्वी होऊन, त्याने सर्व लोकांना संतप्त केले.
लोमश उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler’s legitimacy and effectiveness rest on self-mastery (kṛtātmatā) and disciplined austerity (tapas): inner restraint generates moral power (tejas) that enables the protection and ordering of society.
Lomaśa, addressing the king, praises a powerful figure’s righteous governance: he protected the people (described as fourfold) and, through intense inner austerity and brilliance, exerted a formidable influence felt across the worlds.