Shloka 27

Devanagari script

शिशुर्यथा पितुरड्के सुसुखं वर्तते नग

Transliteration

śiśur yathā pitur aṅke susukhaṃ vartate nṛpa

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า “ข้าแต่มหาราช ดุจดังทารกน้อยพักพิงอย่างผาสุกในตักบิดา ฉันใด ผู้ที่อยู่ใต้ร่มเงาแห่งการคุ้มครองอันชอบธรรมตามธรรมะย่อมดำรงอยู่อย่างปลอดภัยและอิ่มเอมฉันนั้น; ภาพนี้ชี้ให้เห็นหน้าที่แห่งการอารักขาและความไว้วางใจที่พึงบังเกิด”

Word by Word

• शिशुः: a child
• शिशुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिशु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• पितुः: of (his) father
• पितुः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अङ्के: in the lap
• अङ्के: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्क
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सुसुखम्: very comfortably, with great ease
• सुसुखम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-सुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वर्तते: dwells/abides, remains
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (वर्तते)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• नग: O mountain (O king/hero, lit. 'mountain')
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• nṛpa (the king, addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses the metaphor of a child resting on a father’s lap to highlight dharma: true authority and guardianship should create security and ease for those under protection, and the protected should be able to trust that shelter.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana addresses the king and illustrates a point through a homely comparison—describing the natural comfort of a child with its father—to convey the idea of safe refuge under proper care or rule.