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त्रायते हि यदा सर्व वाचा कायेन कर्मणा । पुत्रस्थापि न मृष्येच्च स राज्ञो धर्म उच्यते,जब वह मन, वाणी और शरीरके द्वारा सबकी रक्षा करता है और पुत्रके भी अपराधको क्षमा नहीं करता, तब उसका वह बर्ताव भी 'राजाका धर्म” कहा जाता है
trāyate hi yadā sarvaṁ vācā kāyena karmaṇā | putrasthāpi na mṛṣyec ca sa rājño dharma ucyate ||
ৰজা যেতিয়া বাক্য, দেহ আৰু কৰ্মৰ দ্বাৰা সকলোকে ৰক্ষা কৰে, আৰু নিজৰ পুত্ৰৰ অপৰাধো সহ্য নকৰে—সেয়াই ৰাজধৰ্ম বুলি কোৱা হয়।
उतथ्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Royal dharma requires two complementary virtues: universal protection of the people (through word, conduct, and action) and impartial justice, meaning a ruler must not excuse wrongdoing even when committed by his own son.
In a discourse on rājadharma in the Śānti Parva, Utathya defines the king’s proper conduct: he must act as protector of all and uphold law without nepotism, presenting this as the standard of righteous kingship.