Shloka 9
Devanagari script
एवं स राजशार्दूल नृप: शान्तनवस्तदा
Transliteration
evaṁ sa rājaśārdūla nṛpaḥ śāntanavas tadā
Translation
ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပါယန မိန့်ကြားသည်– ထို့ကြောင့် အို မင်းတို့အနက် ကျားသဖွယ် မင်းကြီး၊ ထိုအခါ၌ သာန္တနု မျိုးရိုး၏ အရှင်မင်းသည် ထိုသို့ပင် ပြုမူ (သို့) မိန့်ဆို လေ၏။
Word by Word
एवम्thus, in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
राजशार्दूलO tiger among kings
राजशार्दूल:
TypeNoun (vocative address)
Rootराजशार्दूल
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
नृपःthe king
नृपः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनृप
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शान्तनवःthe son of Śantanu (Bhīṣma)
शान्तनवः:
Karta
TypeNoun (patronymic)
Rootशान्तनव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तदाthen, at that time
तदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśaṃpāyanaŚ
Śāntanava (descendant of Śāntanu)Ś
Śāntanu (implied by patronymic)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as a narrative seal: it highlights exemplary kingship and ethical authority through the epithet ‘rājaśārdūla’, implying that the actions just described are to be regarded as model conduct within dharma-oriented rulership.
Vaiśaṃpāyana, as narrator, concludes or transitions by stating that the Śāntanu-line ruler acted ‘thus’ at that time—linking this line to the preceding instruction or event and preparing the listener for what follows.