Shloka 13
Adhyaya 33 — Nature of the Self
कुर्वन्तश्चानुराधासु लभन्ते चक्रवर्तिताम् ।
आधिपत्यञ्च ज्येष्ठासु मूले चारोग्यमुत्तमम् ॥
kurvantaś cānurādhāsu labhante cakravartitām | ādhipatyaṃ ca jyeṣṭhāsu mūle cārogyam uttamam ||
அனுராதா நட்சத்திரத்தில் சிராத்தம் செய்தால் சக்கரவர்த்தித் தன்மை பெறுவர்; ஜ்யேஷ்டையில் ஆதிக்கம்/அரசாட்சி, மூலத்தில் சிறந்த ஆரோக்கியம் கிடைக்கும்.
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FAQs
Power and authority are depicted as downstream of dharma rather than mere force; legitimacy (ādhipatya) is tied to right conduct, including honoring the ancestral order.
Ācāra/dharma instruction; it uses the Purāṇic mode of promising karmic fruits to motivate correct practice.
Mūla (‘root’) granting health suggests a symbolic ‘root-repair’: tending to the ancestral root is imagined to stabilize the bodily root (vitality), while rulership fruits express the amplification of lineage merit into public authority.