Shloka 32
मोक्षोपाय-निर्णयः
Determination of the Means to Liberation
आश्वासयद्धि: सुभृशमनुक्रोशात् तथैव च । एतत् प्रथमकल्पेन राजा कृतयुगे जयेत्
āśvāsayad dhiḥ subhṛśam anukrośāt tathaiva ca | etat prathamakalpena rājā kṛtayuge jayet, pitāji |
তেওঁলোকে গভীৰ অনুকম্পাৰে মোক বহুলভাৱে আশ্বস্ত কৰি এই শিক্ষাই দিলে। সেয়ে, হে তাত, কৃত (সত্য) যুগত—যেতিয়া ধৰ্ম চাৰিওটা পাদত দৃঢ় থাকে—ৰজাই প্ৰজাক প্ৰথম আৰু শ্ৰেষ্ঠ দণ্ডনীতিতেই, অৰ্থাৎ অহিংস সংযম আৰু নৈতিক প্ৰেৰণাৰে, বশত ৰাখিব লাগে।
हुमत्सेन उवाच
Educational Q&A
In an ideal age where dharma is fully established (Kṛta/Satya Yuga), a ruler should govern primarily through the mildest, ethically superior form of daṇḍa—restraint, persuasion, and compassionate correction—rather than harsh coercion.
Humatsena recalls how elders/forebears compassionately reassured and instructed him, and he transmits that traditional counsel: the king’s control over subjects should match the moral condition of the age, with the Kṛta Yuga calling for the gentlest mode of governance.