Shloka 129

Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ

Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच एवं यो वर्तते राजा चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य रक्षणे । स विहृत्येह सुसुखी शक्रस्यैति सलोकताम्‌,नारदजीने कहा--जो राजा इस प्रकार चारों वर्णों (और वर्णाश्रमधर्म)-की रक्षामें संलग्न रहता है, वह इस लोकमें अत्यन्त सुखपूर्वक विहार करके अन्तमें देवराज इन्द्रके लोकमें जाता है

Transliteration

nārada uvāca evaṁ yo vartate rājā cāturvarṇyasya rakṣaṇe | sa vihṛtyeha susukhī śakrasya eti salokatām ||

Translation

نارد نے کہا—جو راجا اس طرح چاتُروَرْنْیَ اور ورن آشرم دھرم کی حفاظت میں ثابت قدم رہتا ہے، وہ اس لوک میں بڑی خوشی سے زندگی بسر کرتا ہے اور آخرکار شکر (اِندر) کے لوک کو پہنچتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• नारदः: Narada
• नारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वर्तते: conducts himself / behaves
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य: of the fourfold social order (four varnas)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्वर्ण्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• रक्षणे: in (the act of) protection
• रक्षणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विहृत्य: having enjoyed / having sported
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-हृ
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Active

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• सुसुखी: very happy
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-सुखिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शक्रस्य: of Shakra (Indra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• एति: goes / attains
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• स-लोकताम्: the state of being in the same world (as him)
• स-लोकताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स-लोकता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• rājā (the king)
• cāturvarṇya (four varṇas)
• Śakra/Indra
• Śakra-loka (Indra's world)