Shloka 7

राजवृत्त-रक्षा-प्रणिधि-षाड्गुण्योपदेशः

Royal Conduct, Protection, Intelligence, and Policy Measures

Devanagari script

एवं पृष्टो महाप्राज्ञ: कौसल्येनामितौजसा । राजसत्कारमव्यग्रं शशंसास्मै बृहस्पति:

Transliteration

evaṁ pṛṣṭo mahāprājñaḥ kauśalyenāmitaujasā | rājasatkāram avyagraṁ śaśaṁsāsmai bṛhaspatiḥ ||

Translation

Так вопрошённый Каушальей — мужем великого ума и несоизмеримой силы, — Брихаспати (Bṛhaspati), оставаясь спокойным и невозмутимым, изложил ему надлежащий порядок царских почестей и приёма. Эта сцена показывает царскую власть как дисциплину внимательного, дхармой направляемого гостеприимства, а не как одно лишь внешнее великолепие.

Word by Word

एवम्thus

पृष्टःhaving been asked

महाप्राज्ञःthe very wise one

कौसल्येनby Kausalya

अमितौजसाby (him) of immeasurable vigor

राजसत्कारम्royal hospitality/honoring

अव्यग्रम्unhurried, without distraction

शशंसdeclared/told

अस्मैto him

बृहस्पतिःBrihaspati

Speaker

वसुमना उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वसुमना (Vasumanā)

क

कौशल्य (Kauśalya)

ब

बृहस्पति (Bṛhaspati)

र

राजसत्कार (royal reception/honor)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Royal honor (rājasatkāra) should be taught and practiced as a calm, undistracted duty grounded in dharma—showing that ethical governance includes disciplined, respectful reception rather than impulsive or merely ceremonial display.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Kauśalya asks a question, Bṛhaspati responds in a composed manner and begins explaining to him the norms and principles of royal reception and honoring—setting up an instructional passage on proper kingly conduct.