Shloka 33
राजधर्मः—राष्ट्ररक्षणं, दण्डनीतिः, हयग्रीवोपाख्यानम्
Royal Duty: Protection, Penal Policy, and the Hayagrīva Exemplum
रक्षन् राज्यं बुद्धिपूर्व नयेन संत्यक्तात्मा यज्ञशीलो महात्मा । सर्वाल्लॉकान् धर्मदृष्ट्या चरंश्वा- प्यूथ्व॑ देहान्मोदते देवलोके
rakṣan rājyaṁ buddhipūrvaṁ nayena saṁtyaktātmā yajñaśīlo mahātmā | sarvāṁl lokān dharmadṛṣṭyā caraṁś ca api pṛthvīṁ dehān modate devaloke ||
قال فياسا: إن الحاكم العظيم النفس، إذ يحمي المملكة بسياسةٍ حصيفة وعقلٍ منضبط، كابحًا لنفسه مواظبًا على اليَجْنَة، يسير في جميع العوالم بنظرةٍ مؤسسة على الدارما. وحتى بعد أن يفارق الجسد على الأرض، يفرح في عالم الآلهة.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler who safeguards the kingdom through wise policy, self-restraint, and a life oriented to yajña (duty and sacred offering) should act with a dharma-centered vision; such conduct yields auspicious posthumous fruit—joy in devaloka.
Vyāsa is describing the ideal king’s conduct in the context of śānti/rajadharma instruction: governance must be intelligent and ethical, supported by personal discipline and sacrificial duty, leading to both worldly stability and heavenly reward after death.