Shloka 125

Devanagari script

यथा ययातिर्धर्मात्मा यथा राजा पुरूरवा: । तथा त्वं राजशार्दूल स्वेन धर्मेण शोभसे,नृपश्रेष्ठ! जैसे धर्मात्मा ययाति तथा राजा पुरूरवा थे वैसे ही तुम भी अपने धर्मसे सुशोभित हो रहे हो। जैसे राजा भगीरथ तथा विख्यात महाराज श्रीराम हो गये हैं, उसी प्रकार तुम भी सूर्यकी भाँति सब राजाओंसे अधिक शोभा पा रहे हो

Transliteration

yathā yayātir dharmātmā yathā rājā purūravāḥ | tathā tvaṃ rājaśārdūla svena dharmeṇa śobhase, nṛpaśreṣṭha |

Translation

Nārada nói: “Như Yayāti chính trực, như vua Purūravas, thì ngươi cũng vậy, hỡi hổ tướng giữa các bậc quân vương: ngươi rạng ngời bởi chính dharma của mình, ô bậc tối thượng trong hàng đế vương.”

Word by Word

यथाas, just as

ययातिःYayāti (king)

धर्मात्माrighteous-souled

यथाas, just as

राजाking

पुरूरवाःPurūravas (king)

तथाso, in the same way

त्वम्you

राजशार्दूलO tiger among kings

स्वेनby/with your own

धर्मेणby righteousness, by dharma

शोभसेyou shine, you are splendid

नृपश्रेष्ठO best of kings

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Yayāti

Purūravas

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?

True royal greatness is measured by fidelity to one’s dharma; a king’s splendor is ethically grounded, not merely political or martial.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses a king with honorifics and praises him by comparing him to renowned ancient rulers (Yayāti and Purūravas), presenting the king’s current conduct as exemplary rājadharma.