Shloka 76
और्वोपाख्यानम्
Aurva Episode: Restoration of Sight and Restraint of World-Destructive Anger
जयश्न नियतो राज्ञ: स्वर्गशक्ष तदनन्तरम् । यस्य स्याद् धर्मविद् वाग्मी पुरोधा: शीलवान् शुचि:,जिसके यहाँ धर्मज्ञ, वक्ता, शीलवान् और ईमानदार ब्राह्मण पुरोहित हो, उस राजाको इस लोकमें निश्चय ही विजय प्राप्त होती है और मरनेके बाद उसे स्वर्गलोक मिलता है
jayaśrī-niyato rājñaḥ svargaś ca tad-anantaram | yasya syād dharmavid vāgmī purodhāḥ śīlavān śuciḥ ||
Disse o Gandharva: “Para esse rei, a vitória é certa neste mundo e, depois, alcança-se o céu—quando ele tem como sacerdote doméstico um brāhmaṇa que conhece o dharma, é eloquente no conselho, disciplinado na conduta e puro de caráter.”
गन्धर्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler’s worldly success and posthumous welfare depend on ethical governance supported by a qualified purohita—one who knows dharma, speaks wisely, lives virtuously, and maintains purity. Right counsel and right conduct convert power into merit.
A Gandharva addresses the principle of ideal kingship, stating that a king who keeps a dharma-knowing, eloquent, virtuous, and pure Brahmin as his priest and adviser gains assured victory in life and reaches heaven after death.