Shloka 6

Jarītā-Śārṅgaka-saṃvādaḥ — The Dialogue of Jaritā and the Śārṅgaka Chicks

Fire-escape deliberation

Devanagari script

अधिष्ठानवती लक्ष्मी: परायणवती मति: । वर्धमानो5खिलो धर्मस्तेनासीत्‌ पृथिवीक्षिताम्‌

Transliteration

adhiṣṭhānavatī lakṣmīḥ parāyaṇavatī matiḥ | vardhamāno 'khilo dharmas tenāsīt pṛthivīkṣitām ||

Translation

毗湿摩耶那说道：在那位君主治下，吉祥富饶得以安立，智慧亦坚住于至高归趣。于是，对大地诸王而言，正法整体日益增长——甚至他国君王那飘忽不定的福运，也因由提施提罗王的治理而趋于稳固。

Word by Word

• अधिष्ठानवती: having a firm basis/abode; well-established
• अधिष्ठानवती: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिष्ठानवत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• लक्ष्मीः: fortune, prosperity
• लक्ष्मीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• परायणवती: devoted; having (good) refuge/steadfast reliance
• परायणवती: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परायणवत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मतिः: intellect, understanding
• मतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वर्धमानः: increasing, growing
• वर्धमानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्धमान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अखिलः: entire, whole
• अखिलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मः: dharma, righteousness, law
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• आसीत्: was, existed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (to be)
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

• पृथिवीक्षिताम्: of the kings of the earth
• पृथिवीक्षिताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवीक्षित्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• pṛthivīkṣit (kings of the earth)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links ethical kingship with social flourishing: when a ruler is grounded and principled, prosperity becomes stable, counsel becomes oriented to the highest good, and dharma expands throughout the realm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes the condition of the world under Yudhiṣṭhira’s rule: fortune is no longer wavering, the collective intelligence/counsel is steady in right purpose, and dharma grows among the kings and the wider polity.