Shloka 25

Devanagari script

भवान्‌ धर्मपरो नित्यं भवान्‌ धर्मे व्यवस्थित: । सनो रक्ष महाप्रज्ञ त्रिदशानिव वज्रभूत्‌

Transliteration

bhavān dharmaparo nityaṁ bhavān dharme vyavasthitaḥ | sano rakṣa mahāprajña tridaśāniva vajrabhūt ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: «Ты всегда предан дхарме; ты твёрдо утверждён в праведности. О великомудрый, защити нас — как Индра, вооружённый ваджрой, защищает богов».

Word by Word

• भवान्: you (honored)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मपरः: devoted to dharma
• धर्मपरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• भवान्: you (honored)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मे: in dharma
• धर्मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• व्यवस्थितः: steadfast/established
• व्यवस्थितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यवस्थित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: you/that one (he)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नः: us
• नः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Plural

• रक्ष: protect
• रक्ष: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महाप्रज्ञ: O great-wise one
• महाप्रज्ञ: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाप्रज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• त्रिदशान्: the gods (thirty-three)
• त्रिदशान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• इव: like/as
• इव: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• वज्रभूत्: having become (like) a thunderbolt; thunderbolt-like
• वज्रभूत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वज्रभूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Indra (implied by vajra and protector of the gods)
• Tridaśa (the gods/devas)
• Vajra (thunderbolt)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises steadfast commitment to dharma and frames protection of one’s people as a ruler’s ethical duty, using Indra’s protection of the gods as an ideal model of righteous guardianship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses a respected figure (contextually a leader/king), affirming his consistent devotion to dharma and urging him to safeguard ‘us’—invoking the image of Indra with the vajra defending the devas to intensify the appeal for decisive, righteous protection.