Shloka 126

अनुक्रमणिकाध्यायः (Anukramaṇikā Adhyāya) — Invocation, Narrator Frame, and Textual Scope

Devanagari script

गुरुशुश्रूषया क्षान्त्या यमयोर्विनयेन च । तुतोष लोक: सकलस्तेषां शौर्यगुणेन च

Transliteration

guruśuśrūṣayā kṣāntyā yamayor vinayena ca | tutoṣa lokaḥ sakalas teṣāṃ śauryaguṇena ca ||

Translation

ด้วยการปรนนิบัติรับใช้ครูและผู้ใหญ่ด้วยความเคารพ ด้วยความอดทน และด้วยความนอบน้อมที่มีวินัย ชนทั้งปวงในโลกจึงพอใจในพวกเขา; และยังพอใจด้วยความเลิศแห่งคุณแห่งความกล้าหาญของพวกเขาด้วย

Word by Word

गुरुशुश्रूषयाby service to elders/teachers

क्षान्त्याby patience/forbearance

यमयोःof the twins (Yama-twins)

विनयेनby humility/discipline

चand

तुतोषwas pleased/satisfied

लोकःthe world/people

सकलःentire, whole

तेषाम्of them

शौर्यगुणेनby (their) quality of valor

चalso/and

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

What is the core teaching?

Social and moral approval is earned through a combination of inner discipline—service to elders/teachers, patience, and humility—and outer excellence such as valor; heroism is ethically complete only when grounded in vinaya and self-restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text describes certain persons (implied from context) whose conduct and character—service to gurus, patience, disciplined humility, and valor—won the satisfaction and admiration of everyone.