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Shloka 44

मान्धातृ-जन्म-चरितम्

The Birth and Career Account of Māndhātṛ

प्रजाश्षतुर्विधास्तेन त्राता राजन्‌ कृतात्मना | तेनात्मतपसा लोकास्तापिताश्षातितेजसा

prajāś caturvidhās tena trātā rājan kṛtātmanā | tenātmatapasā lokās tāpitāś cātitejasā ||

ข้าแต่พระราชา บุรุษผู้ฝึกตนผู้นั้นได้คุ้มครองไพร่ฟ้าทั้งสี่วรรณะ และด้วยความร้อนแห่งตบะภายใน ผู้เปล่งรัศมีอย่างยิ่งนั้นทำให้โลกทั้งหลายรู้สึกถึงอำนาจอันแผดเผา

प्रजाःsubjects, people
प्रजाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
चतुर्विधाःfourfold, of four kinds
चतुर्विधाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर्विध
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
तेनby him
तेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
त्राताःprotected, saved
त्राताः:
Karta
TypeKridanta
Rootत्रातृ
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
राजन्O king
राजन्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
कृतात्मनाby one of disciplined/self-controlled mind
कृतात्मना:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootकृतात्मन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
तेनby him
तेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
आत्मतपसाby his own austerity
आत्मतपसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मतपस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
लोकाःworlds, people (in the worlds)
लोकाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तापिताःtormented, heated
तापिताः:
Karta
TypeKridanta
Rootतप्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
अतितेजसाby (his) excessive splendor/energy
अतितेजसा:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootअतितेजस्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

लोमश उवाच

L
Lomaśa
R
rājan (the king being addressed)
P
prajāḥ (subjects/people)
L
lokāḥ (the worlds)

Educational Q&A

A ruler’s legitimacy and effectiveness rest on self-mastery (kṛtātmatā) and disciplined austerity (tapas): inner restraint generates moral power (tejas) that enables the protection and ordering of society.

Lomaśa, addressing the king, praises a powerful figure’s righteous governance: he protected the people (described as fourfold) and, through intense inner austerity and brilliance, exerted a formidable influence felt across the worlds.