Shloka 233

Devanagari script

आत्मानं सम्प्रतिष्ठाप्य राजवंशमिहाष्टधा । फिर समयानुसार अपने और भाइयोंके अंशभूत दो-दो पुत्रोंद्वारा आठ प्रकारके राजवंशकी स्थापना करके उन्होंने चारों वर्णोकी प्रजाको अपने धाममें भेजकर स्वयं भी सदेह परमधामको गमन किया

Transliteration

ātmānaṃ sampratiṣṭhāpya rājavaṃśam ihāṣṭadhā |

Translation

Nārada berkata: Kemudian, menurut waktunya, Baginda meneguhkan dirinya dan menubuhkan salasilah diraja di dunia ini dalam lapan cabang—melalui dua orang putera bagi setiap cabang, yang merupakan bahagian daripada dirinya dan daripada saudara-saudaranya. Baginda menghantar rakyat daripada keempat-empat varṇa ke dhāma Baginda, lalu Baginda sendiri pun berangkat, dengan tubuhnya, menuju alam tertinggi.

Word by Word

आत्मानम्self

सम्प्रतिष्ठाप्यhaving established / having set up

राजवंशम्royal lineage/dynasty

इहhere

अष्टधाin eight ways / eightfold

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

rājavaṃśa (royal dynasty/lineage)

cāturvarṇya (the four varṇas)

paramadhāma (supreme abode)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A righteous ruler should ensure stable succession and the welfare/order of society first, and only then relinquish attachment to power; true fulfillment culminates in renunciation and attainment of the supreme goal.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes a king who establishes an eightfold dynastic arrangement through sons representing portions of himself and his brothers, settles the people of all four varṇas in his own realm/abode, and then departs bodily to the supreme abode.