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 ||
ব্যাসে ক’লে: যি মহাত্মা ৰজা বুদ্ধিপূৰ্বক নীতিয়ে ৰাজ্য ৰক্ষা কৰে, আত্মসংযমী আৰু যজ্ঞনিষ্ঠ থাকে, তেওঁ ধৰ্মদৃষ্টিৰে সকলো লোকত বিচৰণ কৰে। আৰু পৃথিৱীত দেহ ত্যাগ কৰাৰ পাছতো তেওঁ দেৱলোকে আনন্দিত হয়।
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.