Shloka 6
Gaṇānāṃ Vṛttiḥ — On the Sustenance and Cohesion of Assemblies
Gaṇa-nīti
विजिगीषोस्तथा वृत्तमुक्त चैव तथैव ते । गणानां वृत्तिमिच्छामि श्रोतुं मतिमतां वर
vijigīṣos tathā vṛttam uktaṃ caiva tathaiva te | gaṇānāṃ vṛttim icchāmi śrotuṃ matimatāṃ vara ||
যুধিষ্ঠিৰে ক’লে—বিজয়াভিলাষী ৰজাৰ আচৰণ আপুনি ইতিমধ্যে বৰ্ণনা কৰিছে। এতিয়া, জ্ঞানীসকলৰ মাজত শ্ৰেষ্ঠ, মই গণ—সভা-শাসিত ৰাজ্যসমূহ—ৰ আচার-ব্যৱহাৰ আৰু জীৱনবিধান শুনিবলৈ ইচ্ছা কৰোঁ, যাতে তেওঁলোকৰ নীতি আৰু ব্যৱহাৰিক ক্ৰম বুজা যায়।
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames rājadharma as comparative political ethics: after learning the norms for a conquest-seeking monarch, Yudhiṣṭhira asks for the corresponding norms of gaṇa-polities, implying that dharma must be understood according to the form of governance and its responsibilities.
In the instruction-dialogue of Śānti Parva, Yudhiṣṭhira continues his inquiry into governance. Having heard about the behavior of a vijigīṣu king, he now requests an account of how assembly-governed states (gaṇas) function and what conduct sustains them.