Shloka 8

Duḥṣantasya Vana-praveśaḥ

King Duḥṣanta’s Entry into the Forest Hunt

Devanagari script

पशव्यश्रैव पुण्यश्च प्रभूतधनधान्यवान्‌ । स्वारक्ष्यश्चैव सौम्यश्न भोग्यैर्भूमिगुणैर्युत:

Transliteration

vaishampāyana uvāca | paśavyāś caiva puṇyaś ca prabhūtadhana-dhānyavān | svārakṣyaś caiva saumyaś ca bhogyair bhūmi-guṇair yutaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Ngài giàu súc vật và cũng đầy đức hạnh; của cải và lương thực dồi dào. Ngài đủ sức tự bảo vệ vương quốc mình, tính tình ôn hòa, và được ban cho những thú hưởng cùng ưu phẩm tự nhiên của đất đai—những nguồn lực đáng được dùng đúng đạo và gìn giữ cẩn trọng.

Word by Word

• पशव्यः: rich in cattle
• पशव्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पशव्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पुण्यः: virtuous; meritorious
• पुण्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्रभूत-धन-धान्यवान्: possessing abundant wealth and grain
• प्रभूत-धन-धान्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन-धान्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्व-रक्ष्यः: self-protected; easy to defend
• स्व-रक्ष्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्ष्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सौम्यः: gentle; pleasant
• सौम्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौम्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भोग्यैः: enjoyable; fit to be enjoyed (by)
• भोग्यैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भोग्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• भूमि-गुणैः: with the qualities of the land
• भूमि-गुणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि-गुण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• युतः: endowed (with); possessed of
• युतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Prosperity is presented as ethically grounded: true excellence includes virtue (puṇya), the capacity to protect one’s realm (svārakṣya), gentleness (saumya), and the responsible enjoyment and stewardship of the land’s resources (bhūmi-guṇa).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a figure’s qualities—material abundance (cattle, wealth, grain) together with moral and administrative fitness (virtue, self-protection, gentleness), portraying an idealized condition of a well-endowed and well-governed domain.