Shloka 43

सुवर्णष्ठीविनोपाख्यानम्

The Account of Suvarṇaṣṭhīvin

Devanagari script

कारयामास राज्यं च पितरि स्वर्गते नूप । वर्षाणां शतमेक॑ च सहस््रं भीमविक्रम:,नरेश्वरर! उस भयानक पराक्रमी कुमारने पिताके स्वर्ग-वासी हो जानेपर ग्यारह सौ वर्षोतक राज्य किया

Transliteration

kārayāmāsa rājyaṃ ca pitari svargate nṛpa | varṣāṇāṃ śatam ekaṃ ca sahasraṃ bhīmavikramaḥ ||

Translation

ปารวตะกล่าวว่า “ข้าแต่มหาราช ครั้นบิดาของเขาเสด็จสู่สวรรค์แล้ว วีรบุรุษผู้เกรียงไกรน่าเกรงขามนั้นได้ทรงบริหารแผ่นดินอยู่เป็นเวลาหนึ่งพันหนึ่งร้อยปี”

Word by Word

कारयामासcaused (to be done), ruled/caused to be administered

राज्यंkingdom, rule

चand

पितरिwhen/while (his) father (was ...)

स्वर्गतेgone to heaven, deceased

नृपO king

वर्षाणाम्of years

शतम्a hundred

एकम्one

चand

सहस्रम्a thousand

भीमविक्रमःthe one of terrible valor (the mighty prince)

Speaker

पर्वत उवाच

Characters & Entities

Parvata (speaker)

nṛpa (the addressed king)

the father (unnamed)

bhīmavikramaḥ (unnamed mighty prince/hero)

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?

The verse highlights rājadharma: when a father dies, the heir’s ethical obligation is to uphold stable governance. Legitimate succession and sustained administration are presented as virtues of a powerful ruler.

What is happening in the narrative?

Parvata addresses a king and recounts that, after his father’s death, a formidable prince took charge of the kingdom and ruled for eleven hundred years, emphasizing extraordinary longevity and continuous rule.