Shloka 60

राजवृत्त-रक्षा-प्रणिधि-षाड्गुण्योपदेशः

Royal Conduct, Protection, Intelligence, and Policy Measures

Devanagari script

नराधिपश्चाप्यनुशिष्य मेदिनीं दमेन सत्येन च सौहृदेन । महद्विरिष्टवा क्रतुभिर्महायशा- स्त्रिविष्टपे स्थानमुपैति शाश्वतम्‌,राजा भी इन्द्रियसंयम, सत्य और सौहार्दके साथ इस पृथ्वीका भलीभाँति शासन करके बड़े-बड़े यज्ञोंके अनुष्ठानद्वारा महान्‌ यशका भागी हो स्वर्गलोकमें सनातन स्थान प्राप्त कर लेता है

Transliteration

narādhipaścāpy anuśiṣya medinīṃ damena satyena ca sauhṛdena | mahad viriṣṭvā kratubhir mahāyaśās triviṣṭape sthānam upaiti śāśvatam ||

Translation

Một vị vua, khi đã dạy dỗ và trị vì cõi đất này đúng phép bằng sự tự chế, lòng chân thật và thiện ý, lại còn cử hành những lễ tế lớn, thì được dự phần vào danh tiếng rạng rỡ và đạt đến địa vị vĩnh cửu nơi thiên giới.

Word by Word

• {'narādhipaḥ': 'king, ruler of men', 'api': 'also, indeed', 'anuśiṣya': 'having instructed, having disciplined/educated (properly guiding)', 'medinīm': 'the earth

• by extension, the realm/kingdom', 'damena': 'by self-control, restraint (of senses and conduct)', 'satyena': 'by truth, truthfulness', 'sauhṛdena': 'by friendliness, goodwill, benevolence', 'mahat': 'great, lofty', 'iriṣṭvā (iṣṭvā)': 'having sacrificed, having performed a sacrifice', 'kratubhiḥ': 'with sacrifices/rites (kratu: Vedic sacrificial act)', 'mahāyaśāḥ': 'of great fame

• possessing great renown', 'triviṣṭape': 'in heaven (lit. ‘the three-stepped’ world

• svarga)', 'sthānam': 'place, station, abode', 'upaiti': 'attains, reaches', 'śāśvatam': 'eternal, everlasting'}

Speaker

वसुमना उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वसुमना (Vasumanā)
• नराधिप (king)
• मेदिनी (earth/kingdom)
• त्रिविष्टप (heaven/Svarga)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that ideal kingship rests on moral discipline: self-restraint (dama), truthfulness (satya), and goodwill (sauhṛda) in governing the realm, supported by the performance of great sacrifices; such dharmic rule yields lasting fame and an enduring heavenly reward.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasumanā is describing the fruits of righteous royal conduct: a king who properly guides and governs the earth with ethical virtues and performs major sacrificial rites attains great renown and reaches an everlasting station in heaven.