सर्वा: समुद्धरेद् राजा पितेव व्यसनात् प्रजा: । आत्मानमात्मना धीरो यथा गजपतिर्गजान् ॥ ४५ ॥
sarvāḥ samuddhared rājā piteva vyasanāt prajāḥ ātmānam ātmanā dhīro yathā gaja-patir gajān
- sarvāḥ
- all
- samuddharet
- must uplift
- rājā
- the king
- pitā
- a father
- iva
- like
- vyasanāt
- from difficulties
- prajāḥ
- the citizens
- ātmānam
- himself
- ātmana
- by himself
- dhīraḥ
- fearless
- yathā
- just as
- gaja-patiḥ
- a bull elephant
- gajān
- the other elephants
Just as the chief bull elephant protects all other elephants in his herd and defends himself as well, similarly, a fearless king, just like a father, must save all of the citizens from difficulty and also protect himself.