Shloka 30

Śaṅkha–Likhita Upākhyāna: Daṇḍa, Confession, and the Purification of Kingship (शङ्ख-लिखितोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

दैवीं सिद्धि मानुषीं दण्डनीतिं योगन्यासै: पालयित्वा महीं च । तस्माद्‌ राजा धर्मशीलो महात्मा वाजिग्रीवो मोदते देवलोके,“योग (कर्मविषयक उत्साह) और न्यास (अहंकार आदिके त्याग) सहित दैवी सिद्धि, मानुषी सिद्धि, दण्डनीति तथा पृथ्वीका पालन करके धर्मशील महात्मा राजा हयग्रीव उसीके पुण्यसे इस समय देवलोकमें सुख भोगते हैं

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

daivīṁ siddhiṁ mānuṣīṁ daṇḍanītiṁ yoganyāsaiḥ pālayitvā mahīṁ ca |

tasmād rājā dharmaśīlo mahātmā vājigrīvo modate devaloke ||

Translation

वैशम्पायन उवाच— दैवीं सिद्धिं मानुषीं दण्डनीतिं योगन्यासैः पालयित्वा महीं च । तस्माद् राजा धर्मशीलो महात्मा वाजिग्रीवो मोदते देवलोके ॥

Word by Word

दैवींdivine

सिद्धिम्success, attainment

मानुषींhuman

दण्डनीतिम्policy of punishment; governance

योगन्यासैःwith (the means of) yoga and renunciation

पालयित्वाhaving protected/ruled

महीम्the earth

चand

तस्मात्therefore; from that

राजाthe king

धर्मशीलःvirtuous; of righteous conduct

महात्माgreat-souled one

वाजिग्रीवःVājigrīva (lit. horse-necked; proper name)

मोदतेrejoices; enjoys

देवलोकेin the world of the gods

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vājigrīva (king)

Devaloka (world of the gods)

Mahī (the Earth/kingdom)

Daṇḍanīti (polity/governance)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes