Today's Subhashita. (Discourse between Bheeshma and Yudhishthara about 'Rajdharma' -(continued)

यथा हि रश्मियोSश्वस्य द्विरदस्याङ्कुशो यथा |
नरेन्द्रधर्मो   लोकस्य तथा  प्रग्रहणं   स्मृतम्   ||

अर्थ - जैसे घोडों को काबू में रखने के लिये लगाम और हाथी को वश में करने के लिये अङ्कुश है, उसी प्रकार समस्त संसार को मर्यादा के भीतर रखने के लिये  राजधर्म आवश्यक है |  यह  उसके लिये प्रग्रह अर्थात उसको नियन्त्रित करने में समर्थ् मान गया है.|

Yathaa he rashmiyoshvasya dviradasyaankusho yathaa .
Narendradharmo lokasya tathaa pragrahanam smrutam.

Yathaa = for instance.      Hi = surely.       Rasshmiyoshvasya = Rashmiyo +ashwasya.
Rashmiyo= reins (thin leather strips attached to a horse's bridle).   Ashwasya = a horse's.
Dwiradasyaankusho = Dviradasya +ankusho.        Dviradasya = an elephant's.
Ankusha = a hand held hook with a sharp end, used by the trainer (Mahaut) of an elephant
to control it.      Narendradharmo = Narendra + dharmo.    Narendra = a King, a Raajaa.
Dharma= duty and propriety of conduct,  religion.     Lokasya = for this world.
Tathaa = thus, so.     Pragrahanam = means of controlling.     Smrutam = termed as.

i.e.      Just as for taming and controlling horses reins attached to a bridle are required,and for controlling  elephants an 'ankush' is required, similarly to control the world and maintain propriety of conduct by its inhabitants, observance of 'Rajdharma'  is considered essential for the King, because only it is considered to be capable of doing so.