Shloka 5

Devanagari script

विसत्रब्धो भव राजेन्द्र न व्यलीकं द्विजोत्तम: । वसन प्राप्स्यति ते गेहे सत्यमेतद्‌ ब्रवीमि ते,महाराज! विश्वास कीजिये। आपके भवनमें निवास करते हुए ये द्विजश्रेष्ठ कभी अपने मनके प्रतिकूल कोई कार्य नहीं देख पायेंगे। यह मैं आपसे सत्य कहती हूँ

Transliteration

visatrabdho bhava rājendra na vyalīkaṃ dvijottamaḥ | vasan prāpsyati te gehe satyam etad bravīmi te mahārāja ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: «Будь спокоен, о царь царей. Этот первейший из брахманов не лукав. Живя в твоём доме, он никогда не увидит ничего, что противоречило бы его совести и намерению. Истину говорю тебе, о великий царь».

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'visatrabdhaḥ', 'definition': 'unafraid, reassured, at ease'}, {'term': 'bhava', 'definition': 'be (imperative)'}, {'term': 'rājendra', 'definition': 'O best of kings, king of kings'}, {'term': 'na', 'definition': 'not'}, {'term': 'vyalīkam', 'definition': 'deceit, falsehood, crookedness'}, {'term': 'dvijottamaḥ', 'definition': 'the best of the twice-born (a foremost Brahmin)'}, {'term': 'vasan', 'definition': 'dwelling, residing'}, {'term': 'prāpsyati', 'definition': 'will obtain/meet/encounter

• will come to experience'}, {'term': 'te', 'definition': 'your

• to you'}, {'term': 'gehe', 'definition': 'in (your) house, home'}, {'term': 'satyam', 'definition': 'truthfully

• truth'}, {'term': 'etat', 'definition': 'this'}, {'term': 'bravīmi', 'definition': 'I say, I declare'}, {'term': 'mahārāja', 'definition': 'O great king'}]

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• rājendra (the king addressed)
• dvijottama (a foremost Brahmin)
• gṛha/geha (the king’s house)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes ethical governance through trust and truthful assurance: a king should be free from suspicion toward a virtuous guest, and a true Brahmin is characterized by straightforwardness (absence of vyalīka, deceit).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reassures a king about a Brahmin staying in the royal household, affirming the Brahmin’s integrity and promising, as a truthful witness, that no deceit or morally troubling conduct will arise while he resides there.