महाभारत · 2.5.116
॥
देवनागरी
नारद उवाच
एवं यो वर्तते राजा चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य रक्षणे ॥
स विहृत्येह सुसुखी शक्रस्यैति सलोकताम् ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
nārada uvāca
evaṃ yo vartate rājā cāturvarṇyasya rakṣaṇe ||
sa vihṛtyeha susukhī śakrasyaiti salokatām ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
एवम् यः वर्तते राजाevam yaḥ vartate rājāthe king who acts thus,
चातुर्-वर्ण्यस्य रक्षणेcātur-varṇyasya rakṣaṇein protecting the four classes,
सः विहृत्य इह सु-सुखीsaḥ vihṛtya iha su-sukhīhe, having lived here in great happiness,
शक्रस्य एति स-लोकताम्śakrasya eti sa-lokatāmattains [dwelling] in the world of Shakra [Indra].
नारदnāradaoriginal form "nārada", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एवंevaṃoriginal form "evaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
योyooriginal form "yo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चातुर्वर्ण्यस्यcāturvarṇyasyaoriginal form "cāturvarṇyasya", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सsaoriginal form "sa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विहृत्येहvihṛtyehaoriginal form "vihṛtyeha", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सुसुखीsusukhīoriginal form "susukhī", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शक्रस्यैतिśakrasyaitioriginal form "śakrasyaiti", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सलोकताम्salokatāmoriginal form "salokatām", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
Narada said: "The king who thus acts in protecting the four classes, having lived here in great happiness, attains the world of Shakra [Indra]."
संस्करण
9c0f9188a963 · प्रकाशित 16 जुल॰ 2026, 2:43:40 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here is the summation of rajadharma: righteous rule bestows good both here and in the higher world. It is significant that the king's duty is reduced to "protecting the four classes" -- to caring for all: where power protects everyone, it is pleasing to heaven. Thus concludes Narada's great instruction, a beacon of royal duty for the whole Mahabharata; and next [Yudhishthira will ask the sage about the celestial assemblies of the gods].