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Shloka 52

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

विधवा यस्य विषये नानाथा: काश्चनाभवन्‌ | सदैवासीत्‌ पितृसमो रामो राज्यं यदन्वशात्‌,“उनके राज्यमें कोई भी स्त्री अनाथ-विधवा नहीं हुई। श्रीरामचन्द्रजीने जबतक राज्यका शासन किया, तबतक वे अपनी प्रजाके लिये सदा ही पिताके समान कृपालु बने रहे

vidhavā yasya viṣaye nānāthāḥ kāścanābhavan | sadaivāsīt pitṛsamo rāmo rājyaṃ yad anvaśāt |

وایو نے کہا— اس کی سلطنت میں کوئی عورت بے سہارا بیوہ نہ ہوئی۔ جب تک رام نے راج کا نظم سنبھالا، وہ اپنی رعایا کے لیے ہمیشہ باپ کی مانند مہربان رہے۔

विधवाwidow
विधवा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविधवा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
यस्यof whom/whose
यस्य:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
विषयेin the realm/territory
विषये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootविषय
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अनाथाःwithout protector/orphaned
अनाथाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअनाथ
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
काश्चनany (at all)
काश्चन:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootक + चन (कश्चन)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
अभवन्were/became
अभवन्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormImperfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
सदाalways
सदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
आसीत्was
आसीत्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormImperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
पितृसमःequal to a father, father-like
पितृसमः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपितृ-सम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
रामःRama
रामः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
राज्यम्kingdom, rule
राज्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootराज्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
यत्which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अन्वशात्ruled/governed
अन्वशात्:
TypeVerb
Rootअनु + शास्
FormImperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyudeva
R
Rāma (Rāmacandra)
W
women (widows)
K
kingdom/realm (rājya/viṣaya)

Educational Q&A

The verse presents an ideal of righteous kingship (rājadharma): a ruler’s duty is protective, paternal care of the people, ensuring social security so that the vulnerable—here emphasized as widows—do not become helpless or unsupported.

Vāyudeva is describing the excellence of Rāma’s governance, stating that throughout Rāma’s reign no woman in his realm became an unprotected widow, because he ruled with constant, father-like compassion toward his subjects.