Shloka 69

Kirmīra-rākṣasa-saṃgamaḥ (Encounter and Slaying of Kirmīra) | किर्मीरेण सह भीमसेनसमागमः

Devanagari script

भार्यायां रक्ष्यमाणायां प्रजा भवति रक्षिता । प्रजायां रक्ष्यमाणायामात्मा भवति रक्षित:,पत्नीकी रक्षा करनेसे अपनी संतान सुरक्षित होती है और संतानकी रक्षा होनेपर अपने आत्माकी रक्षा होती है

Transliteration

bhāryāyāṃ rakṣyamāṇāyāṃ prajā bhavati rakṣitā | prajāyāṃ rakṣyamāṇāyām ātmā bhavati rakṣitaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Apabila isteri dilindungi, keturunan pun terlindung; dan apabila keturunan terlindung, diri sendiri pun terlindung.”

Word by Word

भार्यायाम्in/with regard to the wife

रक्ष्यमाणायाम्being protected

प्रजाoffspring/progeny

भवतिbecomes/is

रक्षिताprotected/guarded

प्रजायाम्in/with regard to the offspring

रक्ष्यमाणायाम्being protected

आत्माself

भवतिbecomes/is

रक्षितःprotected/guarded

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

bhāryā (wife)

prajā (progeny/offspring)

ātmā (self)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches a dharmic principle of interdependence in household life: protecting one’s wife safeguards the continuity and well-being of the family (prajā), and that secured family foundation in turn protects one’s own life, welfare, and standing (ātmā).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, states a general moral maxim rather than describing a specific action: he articulates a household ethic in which the protection of the spouse is presented as the first link in a chain leading to the protection of offspring and ultimately oneself.