Shloka 35

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

मृषानुशासिन: पापा मृषावादपरायणा: । आन्ध्रा: शका: पुलिन्दाश्न यवनाश्न नराधिपा:,छलसे शासन करनेवाले, पापी और असत्यवादी आन्ध्र, शक, पुलिन्द, यवन, काम्बोज, बाह्लीक तथा शौर्यसम्पन्न आभीर इस देशके राजा होंगे। नरश्रेष्ठी उस समय कोई ब्राह्मण अपने धर्मके अनुसार जीविका चलानेवाला न होगा

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

mṛṣānuśāsinaḥ pāpā mṛṣāvādaparāyaṇāḥ |

āndhrāḥ śakāḥ pulindāś ca yavanāś ca narādhipāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Những bậc vua tội lỗi sẽ nổi lên, cai trị bằng mưu trá, chuyên tâm vào điều dối trá. Các vua ấy sẽ là người Andhra, Śaka, Pulinda và Yavana.”

Word by Word

• मृषानुशासिनः: those who give false instructions / deceitful rulers
• मृषानुशासिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृषानुशासिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पापाः: sinful (ones)
• पापाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मृषावादपरायणाः: devoted to false speech / habitual liars
• मृषावादपरायणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृषावादपरायण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आन्ध्राः: Andhras (a people)
• आन्ध्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आन्ध्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शकाः: Shakas (Scythians)
• शकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुलिन्दाः: Pulindas (a tribe)
• पुलिन्दाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलिन्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यवनाः: Yavanas (Greeks/foreigners)
• यवनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यवन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नराधिपाः: kings / rulers of men
• नराधिपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Andhras
• Śakas
• Pulindas
• Yavanas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse condemns rulers who abandon satya (truth) and dharma, warning that governance rooted in deceit and habitual lying is a mark of moral and social decline.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a prophetic description of deteriorating times, stating that various groups will become kings and that many rulers will be characterized by deceptive rule and devotion to falsehood.