Shloka 5
Devanagari script
राजानश्न नरव्याप्र पौरुषेण निबोध तत् । कीर्तिश्व जीवत: साध्वी पुरुषस्य महाद्युते
Transliteration
rājānaś ca naravyāghra pauruṣeṇa nibodha tat | kīrtiś ca jīvataḥ sādhvī puruṣasya mahādyute ||
Translation
О царь, о тигр среди людей, постигни это мерой истинного мужества: для великодушного мужа блистательная слава — благородная спутница уже при жизни.
Word by Word
राजानःkings
राजानः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अश्नन्eat/consume
अश्नन्:
TypeVerb
Rootअश्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada, Active
नरव्याघ्रO tiger among men
नरव्याघ्र:
TypeNoun
Rootनरव्याघ्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
पौरुषेणby manly effort/valor
पौरुषेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपौरुष
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
निबोधunderstand/know
निबोध:
TypeVerb
Rootबुध्
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active
तत्that (fact)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कीर्तिःfame
कीर्तिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकीर्ति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
जीवतःof (one) living; while alive
जीवतः:
TypeAdjective
Rootजीवत्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
साध्वीgood, virtuous, excellent
साध्वी:
TypeAdjective
Rootसाध्वी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
पुरुषस्यof a man
पुरुषस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
महाद्युतेO great-splendored one
महाद्युते:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाद्युति
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
सूर्य उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
Sūrya (the Sun-god)R
rājā (the king, addressee)N
naravyāghra (epithet of the addressee)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
Sūrya teaches that true human excellence is shown through personal effort and valor, and that noble fame is a living reward for a worthy person—not merely something that comes after death.
Sūrya addresses a king (praised as a ‘tiger among men’ and ‘great-lustrous’) and urges him to grasp an ethical point about pauruṣa (heroic effort) and the value of kīrti (honorable reputation) in a ruler’s life.