Shloka 128

Devanagari script

स विजित्य महीपालांक्ष॒कार वशवर्तिन: । चचार च सतां धर्म प्राप चानुत्तमं यश:,उन्होंने सब राजाओंको जीतकर अपने अधीन कर लिया तथा सत्पुरुषोंके धर्मका पालन और उत्तम यशका उपार्जन किया

Transliteration

sa vijitya mahīpālān kṣitīṃ cakāra vaśavartinaḥ | cacāra ca satāṃ dharmaṃ prāpa cānuttamaṃ yaśaḥ ||

Translation

သူသည် မြေကြီးပေါ်ရှိ မင်းများကို အနိုင်ယူ၍ မိမိအာဏာအောက်သို့ ချုပ်ကိုင်စေ하였다။ သို့သော်လည်း သုခသမာဓိရှိသူတို့ ထိန်းသိမ်းသော ဓမ္မကို လိုက်နာကာ နောက်ဆုံးတွင် မယှဉ်နိုင်သော ဂုဏ်သတင်းကို ရရှိ하였다။

Word by Word

सःhe

विजित्यhaving conquered

महीपालान्kings (protectors of the earth)

चकारmade, rendered

वशवर्तिनःsubservient, under (his) control

चचारpractised, observed

चand

सताम्of the good (people)

धर्मम्dharma, righteous conduct

प्रापattained, obtained

चand

अनुत्तमम्unsurpassed, excellent

यशःfame, glory

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

mahīpālāḥ (kings/rulers)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power and victory are ethically validated only when joined with sat-dharma—conduct aligned with the standards of the virtuous; such rule yields lasting, unsurpassed fame.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a ruler who subdues other kings and brings them under his authority, while simultaneously maintaining righteous conduct, resulting in exceptional renown.