Shloka 9

Indra-vijaya Upākhyāna and Śalya’s Assurance to Yudhiṣṭhira (इन्द्रविजयोपाख्यानम् — शल्ययुधिष्ठिरसंवादः)

Devanagari script

सम्पूज्य सर्वास्त्रिदशानृषीं श्वापि तपोधनान्‌ | इन्द्र: प्रमुदितो राजन्‌ धर्मेणापालयत्‌ प्रजा:,राजन! इसके बाद सम्पूर्ण देवताओं तथा तपोधन महर्षियोंकी पूजा करके देवराज इन्द्र अत्यन्त प्रसन्न हो धर्मपूर्वक प्रजाका पालन करने लगे

Transliteration

sampūjya sarvāstridaśān ṛṣīṁś cāpi tapodhanān | indraḥ pramudito rājan dharmeṇāpālayat prajāḥ ||

Translation

Sau đó, Indra đã cung kính tôn vinh toàn thể chư thiên cùng các đại hiền triết giàu công phu khổ hạnh. Lòng hoan hỷ, hỡi đại vương, ngài bảo hộ và trị vì muôn dân theo đúng dharma.

Word by Word

सम्पूज्यhaving duly worshipped

सर्वान्all

त्रिदशान्the gods (thirty-three)

ऋषीन्sages

चand

अपिalso/even

तपोधनान्those whose wealth is austerity (ascetic sages)

इन्द्रःIndra

प्रमुदितःdelighted/very pleased

राजन्O king

धर्मेणby righteousness / according to dharma

अपालयत्protected/ruled

प्रजाःthe subjects/people

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Indra

Tridaśas (the gods/devas)

Ṛ

Ṛṣis (sages)

Tapodhanas (ascetic sages)

Prajāḥ (the people/subjects)

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?

Legitimate rule is sustained by dharma: a ruler should honor the divine order and the counsel of austere sages, and then protect the people through righteous governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śalya describes Indra’s conduct: after worshipping the gods and venerable ascetics, Indra becomes pleased and proceeds to govern and protect his subjects in a dharmic manner.