Shloka 20

Yogakṣema, Purohita, and the Mucukunda–Vaiśravaṇa Dialogue (योगक्षेम–पुरोहित–मुचुकुन्दवैश्रवणसंवादः)

Devanagari script

ततो राजा मुचुकुन्द: सो5न्वशासद्‌ वसुन्धराम्‌ । बाहुवीर्यार्जितां सम्यकृक्षत्रधर्ममनुव्रत:

Transliteration

tato rājā mucukundaḥ so ’nvaśāsad vasundharām | bāhuvīryārjitāṃ samyak kṣatradharmam anuvrataḥ ||

Translation

随后牟朱昆陀王治理大地。既以自身臂力赢得此土，他便依法而治——坚定遵循刹帝利的职责。

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुचुकुन्दः: Muchukunda
• मुचुकुन्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुचुकुन्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अन्वशासत्: ruled, governed, administered
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-शास्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वसुन्धराम्: the earth
• वसुन्धराम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुन्धरा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• बाहु-वीर्य-अर्जिताम्: won by the strength of (his) arms
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्जित (कृदन्त, √अर्ज्) / बाहु / वीर्य
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सम्यक्: properly, rightly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक्

• क्षत्र-धर्मम्: the duty of a kshatriya
• क्षत्र-धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (क्षत्र-)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अनुव्रतः: faithfully following (it), devoted to (it)
• अनुव्रतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुव्रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mucukunda
• Vasundharā (Earth/kingdom)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power or conquest becomes legitimate only when followed by righteous administration: a king must rule ‘properly’ (samyak) by faithfully observing kṣatriya-dharma, not merely by possessing territory.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes how King Mucukunda, after obtaining the realm through his own valor, proceeds to govern the earth in accordance with the warrior-ruler’s code, emphasizing disciplined kingship after conquest.