Shloka 65

Devanagari script

प्रशशास महाराज यथैवास्य पितामह: । तस्य पुत्र: समभवद्‌ दिलीपो नाम धर्मवित्‌,कमलके समान नेत्रोंवाले सगरने वरुणालय समुद्रको अपना पुत्र माना और दीर्घकालतक राज्यशासन करके अन्तमें अपने पौत्र अंशुमानूपर राज्यका सारा भार रखकर वे स्वर्गलेकको चले गये। महाराज! धर्मात्मा अंशुमान्‌ भी अपने पितामहसगरके समान ही समुद्रसे घिरी हुई इस वसुधाका पालन करते रहे। उनके एक पुत्र हुआ जिसका नाम दिलीप था। वह भी धर्मका ज्ञाता था

Transliteration

praśaśāsa mahārāja yathaivāsya pitāmahaḥ | tasya putraḥ samabhavad dilīpo nāma dharmavit |

Translation

О великий царь, он правил так же, как правил его дед. И родился у него сын по имени Дилипа, знаток дхармы — понимающий праведное поведение и обязанности царской власти.

Word by Word

प्रशशासruled, governed

महाराजःthe great king

यथाjust as

एवindeed, exactly

अस्यof him, his

पितामहःgrandfather

तस्यof him/that (king)

पुत्रःson

समभवत्came to be, was born

दिलीपःDilip(a)

नामby name

धर्मवित्knower of dharma

Speaker

सगर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sagara

Dilīpa

pitāmaha (grandfather/forefather)

mahārāja (addressed king)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ideal of dharmic kingship: a ruler should govern in continuity with righteous forebears, and true legitimacy is marked by knowledge of dharma (dharmavit), not merely by birth.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sagara (as speaker) describes dynastic succession: the ruler governed like his grandfather, and then a son named Dilīpa—characterized as a knower of dharma—was born, continuing the royal line.