Shloka 26

अध्याय २९४ — योगलक्षणम् तथा सांख्यपरिसंख्यानम्

Yoga Definition and Sāṃkhya Enumeration

Devanagari script

स त्वमेवंविधो दान्त: क्षत्रिय: प्रियबान्धव: । प्रजा भृत्यांश्व पुत्रांश्व स्वधर्मेणानुपालय

Transliteration

sa tvam evaṁvidho dāntaḥ kṣatriyaḥ priyabāndhavaḥ | prajā bhṛtyāṁś ca putrāṁś ca svadharmeṇānupālaya nareśvara ||

Translation

人中王啊，你是能自制的刹帝利，又珍爱亲族。故当依你自身之法（svadharma），护持并养育你的臣民、仆从与诸子。

Word by Word

• सः: he/that (you)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एवंविधः: of such a kind
• एवंविधः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवंविध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दान्तः: self-controlled
• दान्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दान्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षत्रियः: kshatriya (warrior-ruler)
• क्षत्रियः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रियबान्धवः: one who is dear to (his) kinsmen / loving to relatives
• प्रियबान्धवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रियबान्धव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रजाः: subjects, people
• प्रजाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• भृत्यान्: servants, dependents
• भृत्यान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृत्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पुत्रान्: sons, children
• पुत्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• स्वधर्मेण: by/according to one’s own duty
• स्वधर्मेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अनुपालय: protect, maintain, govern
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु√पाल्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नरेश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara
• nareśvara (the king addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A king’s righteousness is shown through self-control and the faithful performance of svadharma: protecting and sustaining subjects, dependents, and family with disciplined, duty-based governance rather than impulse or favoritism.

What is happening in the narrative?

Parāśara addresses a king directly, urging him to emulate an ideal model of conduct: as a restrained kṣatriya who values kinship, he must uphold his royal responsibility by maintaining and protecting the people, servants, and sons according to dharma.