Shloka 5

Devanagari script

यः स्वयं प्रतिहन्ति सम शासन विषये रत: । स बाहुभ्यां विनिग्राह्मो लोकयात्राविधातक:,जो मनुष्य विषयासक्त होकर स्वयं शासन-धर्मका उल्लंघन करता है, वह लोकमर्यादाका नाश करनेवाला है। क्षत्रियको चाहिये कि अपनी दोनों भुजाओंके बलसे उस धर्मद्रोहीका दमन करे

Transliteration

yaḥ svayaṁ pratihanti samaśāsana-viṣaye rataḥ | sa bāhubhyāṁ vinigrāhyo loka-yātrā-vidhātakaḥ ||

Translation

Вьяса сказал: «Тот, кто, привязавшись к чувственным усладам и мирским делам, по собственной воле нарушает закон самообуздания и дисциплины власти, становится разрушителем установленного хода общественной жизни. Такого изменника дхармы кшатрий должен остановить и усмирить силой своих рук, дабы сохранить общественный порядок и праведное поведение».

Word by Word

यःwho

स्वयम्himself

प्रतिहन्तिviolates/strikes against

समम्proper/right (order)

शासनrule/discipline

विषयेin the matter/domain

रतःengaged/attached

सःhe

बाहुभ्याम्with (his) two arms

विनिग्राह्यःto be restrained/suppressed

लोकयात्राविधातकःone who disrupts the course/order of the world

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Kṣatriya

loka (society/people)

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?

One who knowingly violates the discipline and law that sustain society becomes a threat to public order; it is the Kṣatriya’s duty, using legitimate force, to restrain such a person to protect dharma and social stability.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s discussion of governance and dharma, Vyāsa states a principle of rājadharma: when someone undermines lawful restraint and thereby harms the social order, the ruler/warrior class must curb him to maintain the proper functioning of society.