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Shloka 11

Book 12, Chapter 93 — Vāmadeva’s Counsel to King Vasumanā on Dharmic Kingship (धर्मप्रधान-राजधर्मोपदेशः)

अथाददान: कल्याणमनसूयुर्जितिन्द्रिय: । वर्धते मतिमान्‌ राजा स्रोतोभिरिव सागर:

athādadānaḥ kalyāṇam anasūyur jitendriyaḥ | vardhate matimān rājā srotobhir iva sāgaraḥ ||

Vāmadeva nói: “Vị vua biết tiếp nhận điều thực sự lợi ích, không bới lỗi, không ganh ghét, đã chế ngự các giác quan và có trí tuệ—vị ấy sẽ lớn mạnh về phú quý và uy thế, như biển cả dâng đầy nhờ muôn dòng sông đổ về.”

अथthen/thereupon
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
आददानःtaking/accepting
आददानः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootआ + √दा (ददाति)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)
कल्याणम्good/benefit/auspiciousness
कल्याणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकल्याण
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अनसूयुःnon-envious; not fault-finding
अनसूयुः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअनसूयु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जितेन्द्रियःself-controlled (having conquered the senses)
जितेन्द्रियः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootजितेन्द्रिय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वर्धतेgrows/prospers
वर्धते:
TypeVerb
Root√वृध् (वर्धते)
FormPresent, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Singular
मतिमान्intelligent; wise
मतिमान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमतिमत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
राजाking
राजा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स्रोतःभिःby streams/currents
स्रोतःभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootस्रोतस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
इवlike/as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
सागरःocean/sea
सागरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसागर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वामदेव उवाच

V
Vāmadeva
R
rājā (the king)
S
sāgara (ocean)
S
srotas (streams/rivers)

Educational Q&A

A ruler’s true growth comes from adopting welfare-producing virtues: accepting what is good (kalyāṇa), avoiding fault-finding and envy (anasūyā), mastering the senses (jitendriya), and applying wise judgment (matimān). These qualities steadily enlarge a king’s power and well-being.

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on rājadharma, the sage Vāmadeva describes the traits that make a king flourish, using a simile: as the ocean increases by the inflow of many river-currents, so a king increases by continually taking in and practicing beneficial qualities.