Shloka 10

Devanagari script

स पितुर्विक्रियां दृष्टवा राज्यान्निरसनं च तत्‌ । नियतो वर्तयामास प्रजाहितचिकीर्षया,सुवर्चा अपने पिताकी वह दुर्दशा, वह राज्यसे निष्कासन देखकर सावधान हो नियमपूर्वक प्रजाके हितकी इच्छासे सबके साथ उत्तम बर्ताव करने लगे

Transliteration

sa pitur vikriyāṃ dṛṣṭvā rājyān nirasanaṃ ca tat | niyato vartayāmāsa prajāhitacikīrṣayā ||

Translation

தந்தையின் நிலைமாற்றத்தையும் அரசிலிருந்து அவன் நீக்கப்பட்டதையும் கண்டு, சுவர்சஸ் தன்னை அடக்கிக் கொண்டு, குடிகளின் நலனை விரும்பி, ஒழுங்குடன் அனைவரிடமும் சிறந்த முறையில் நடந்தான்.

Word by Word

सःhe

पितुःof (his) father

विक्रियांchange/condition (state of affairs)

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

राज्यात्from the kingdom

निरसनम्expulsion/banishment

चand

तत्that (event/thing)

नियतःself-restrained, disciplined

वर्तयामासconducted himself / behaved

प्रजा-हित-चिकीर्षयाwith the desire to do the welfare of the subjects

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

व्यास (Vyāsa)

प

पिता (the father, unnamed here)

प

प्रजा (the subjects/people)

र

राज्य (the kingdom)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Personal adversity—especially a parent’s downfall and loss of power—should lead to greater self-restraint and a stronger commitment to the welfare of the people; ethical conduct is measured by disciplined behavior and public-spirited intention (prajā-hita).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa narrates that, after witnessing his father’s changed condition and the father’s expulsion from the kingdom, the son adopts a regulated, careful mode of life and begins behaving excellently toward everyone, motivated by the desire to benefit the subjects.