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Shloka 14

त्रिवर्गमूलनिश्चयः — Determining the Roots of Dharma, Artha, and Kāma

Mahābhārata, Śānti-parva 123

Devanagari script

वसुहरोम उवाच शृणु राजन्‌ यथा दण्ड: सम्भूतो लोकसंग्रह: । प्रजाविनयरक्षार्थ धर्मस्थात्मा सनातन:

Transliteration

Vasuharoma uvāca: śṛṇu rājan yathā daṇḍaḥ sambhūto lokasaṅgrahaḥ | prajāvinayarakṣārthaṃ dharmasthātmā sanātanaḥ ||

Translation

وسوہروم نے کہا—اے راجن، سنو؛ دَण्ड کس طرح لوک-سنگ्रह، یعنی دنیا کو نظم میں باندھ کر رکھنے کے لیے، وجود میں آیا۔ یہ دھرم کی ازلی بنیاد ہے، جو رعایا کی تربیت و حفاظت کے لیے قائم کی گئی۔

Word by Word

वसुहरोमVasuharoman (proper name)

उवाचsaid

शृणुlisten

राजन्O king

यथाhow; in what manner

दण्डःpunishment; the rod (royal chastisement)

सम्भूतःarisen; originated

लोकसंग्रहःmaintenance/holding-together of the world (social order)

प्रजाविनयरक्षार्थम्for the purpose of protecting (and ensuring) the discipline of the subjects

धर्मस्थात्माwhose nature is established in dharma; dharma-abiding in spirit

सनातनःeternal; ancient

Speaker

वसुहरोम उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वसुहरोम (Vasuharoma)

र

राजन् (the King; addressee)

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?

That daṇḍa—rightly grounded in dharma—is an eternal instrument for protecting and disciplining the people, and for maintaining social cohesion (lokasaṅgraha).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasuharoma addresses the king and begins an explanation of how daṇḍa (punitive/governing authority) originated and why it functions as the sustaining principle of order in the world.