Shloka 176
Rājapurohita-lakṣaṇa and Purūravas–Vāyu Saṃvāda
Varṇa, Sovereignty, and Abhaya-dāna
Devanagari script
तस्य धर्मस्य सर्वस्य भागी राजपुरोहित: । क्षत्रियधर्ममें तत्पर रहनेवाला
Transliteration
tasya dharmasya sarvasya bhāgī rājapurohitaḥ |
Translation
国王若专志于刹帝利之法，离于傲慢，且乐于听从王家祭司之谏言，便以此心性自得尊荣。如此博学之君，久而久之名声益显；而王家祭司亦得分受其王之全部法德之功——因为正法之治赖谦卑与指引而立，并非仅凭权势。
Word by Word
तस्यof that
तस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
धर्मस्यof dharma/duty
धर्मस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
सर्वस्यof all/entire
सर्वस्य:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
भागीa sharer/participant
भागी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootभागिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
राजपुरोहितःthe king's priest (royal chaplain)
राजपुरोहितः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजपुरोहित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
ऐल उवाच
Characters & Entities
ऐ
ऐल (Aila)र
राजपुरोहित (royal priest)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Righteous kingship is upheld by humility and receptivity to wise counsel; therefore the royal priest, who guides the king in dharma, becomes a participant in the king’s total dharmic merit and responsibility.
Aila states a principle of rājadharma: when a learned king remains devoted to kṣatriya-duty and listens to his purohita without ego, he gains lasting fame, and the royal priest is counted as sharing in the king’s dharma.