यथा स्युर्ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे सुखिनो हृष्टमानसाः । युष्माभिः पालनं कार्यं तथा सर्वैः समाहितैः । यश्चैतान्भक्तिसंयुक्तः पालयिष्यति भूमिपः । अन्योऽपि परमं तेजः स संप्राप्स्यति भूतले
yathā syurbrāhmaṇāḥ sarve sukhino hṛṣṭamānasāḥ | yuṣmābhiḥ pālanaṃ kāryaṃ tathā sarvaiḥ samāhitaiḥ | yaścaitānbhaktisaṃyuktaḥ pālayiṣyati bhūmipaḥ | anyo'pi paramaṃ tejaḥ sa saṃprāpsyati bhūtale
لكي يبقى جميعُ البراهمة سعداءَ فرِحينَ القلوب، فعليكم جميعًا—بتمام اليقظة—أن تحكموا وتحْموا على هذا النحو. وأيُّ ملكٍ يحمي هؤلاء البراهمة وما خُصِّص لهم من عطايا، مقرونًا بالعبادة والإخلاص، ولو كان ملكًا يأتي بعد غيره، ينلْ على وجه الأرض بهاءً أعظمَ وسناءً أسمى.
A king/ruler instructing his heirs and retainers
Tirtha: Śaṅkhatīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The founder proclaims that rulers who protect the Brahmins and their endowment with devotion will gain supreme splendor; the assembly listens, Brahmins serene and joyful in the background.
Righteous rule is measured by the protection and contentment of dharmic custodians; devotion-backed protection yields radiance and merit.
Implicitly Śaṅkhatīrtha and its Brahmin-endowed settlement within the Tīrthamāhātmya.
A dharmic injunction (vidhi) to protect Brahmins and their endowed town; it is framed as a devotional duty of kings.