Shloka 6
Treasury Security, Protection of Informants, and the Kalakavṛkṣīya Exemplum (Śānti Parva 83)
कोसलानामाधिपत्यं सम्प्राप्तं क्षेमदर्शिनम् | मुनि: कालकवृक्षीय आजगामेति न: श्रुतम्,हमने सुना है कि राजा क्षेमदर्शी जब कोसल प्रदेशके राजसिंहासनपर आसीन थे, उन्हीं दिनों कालक-वृक्षीय मुनि उस राज्यमें पधारे थे
kosalānām ādhipatyaṃ samprāptaṃ kṣemadarśinam | muniḥ kālakavṛkṣīya ājagāmeti naḥ śrutam |
ভীষ্মে ক’লে—আমি শুনিছোঁ যে যেতিয়া ৰজা ক্ষেমদৰ্শী কোশলদেশৰ আধিপত্য লাভ কৰি প্ৰজাৰ কল্যাণৰ দৃষ্টিৰে শাসন কৰিছিল, তেতিয়াই কালক-বৃক্ষীয় মুনি সেই ৰাজ্যলৈ আহিছিল।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames an ideal of kingship: true sovereignty is linked with kṣema—public welfare and security—and is guided or tested by the arrival of a muni, suggesting that royal power should be aligned with dharma and receptive to ascetic counsel.
Bhīṣma introduces a traditional account: during the reign of King Kṣemadarśin over Kośala, the sage Kālakavṛkṣīya comes to the kingdom, setting the stage for a dialogue or episode about righteous rule.