Shloka 3
Vyavahāra-Śuddhi and Rājadharma: Clean Administration, Counsel, and Proportional Punishment
Chapter 86
युधिछिर उवाच कीदशैरव्यवहारैस्तु कैश्न व्यवहरेन्नप: । एतत्पृष्टो महाप्राज्ञ यथावद् वक्तुमहसि,युधिष्ठिरे पूछा--महामते! राजाको किस-किस प्रकारके लोगोंसे किस-किस प्रकारका बर्ताव काममें लाना चाहिये? मेरे इस प्रश्नचका आप यथावत््रूपसे समाधान करें
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kīdṛśair avyavahārais tu kaiś ca vyavaharen nṛpaḥ | etat pṛṣṭo mahāprājña yathāvad vaktum arhasi ||
قال يودهيشثيرا: «أيها الحكيم العظيم، مع أيّ أصناف الناس—ولا سيما ذوي السلوك غير القويم—وبأيّ نهجٍ ينبغي للملك أن يجري معاملاته؟ وقد سألتك هذا، فحقٌّ عليك أن تبيّنه بياناً صحيحاً وعلى وجه الترتيب.»
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a rājadharma inquiry: a king must know how to engage different types of people, including those of improper conduct, and must apply appropriate, principled modes of interaction rather than a single uniform approach.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on governance and dharma, Yudhiṣṭhira asks a highly wise teacher to explain, in a systematic and correct way, how a ruler should conduct dealings with various kinds of persons.