Shloka 67.34Unverified draft
राजा सत्यं च धर्मश्च राजा कुलवतां कुलम् । राजा माता पिता चैव राजा हितकरो नृणाम् ।।2.67.34।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| rājā | राजा | the king | nominative |
| satyaṃ | सत्यं | truth | nominative |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| dharmaśca | धर्मश्च | and righteousness | nominative + conjunction |
| rājā | राजा | the king | nominative |
| kulavatāṃ | कुलवतां | of the well-born, noble families | genitive adjective |
| kulam | कुलम् | the family | nominative |
| rājā | राजा | the king | nominative |
| mātā | माता | mother | nominative |
| pitā | पिता | father | nominative |
| caiva | चैव | and indeed | conjunction + particle |
| rājā | राजा | the king | nominative |
| hitakaro | हितकरो | the benefactor | nominative adjective |
| nṛṇām | नृणाम् | of men | genitive |
Reference: 2.67.34 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa