Shloka 14
Vāmadeva’s Rājadharma: Norm-Setting, Counsel, and the Prevention of Rāṣṭra-Vināśa (वामदेव-प्रोक्तं राजधर्मम्)
अप्रकीर्णेन्द्रियग्राममत्यन्तानुगतं शुचिम् । शक्तं चैवानुरक्तं च युञ्ज्यान्महति कर्मणि
aprakīrṇendriyagrāmam atyantānugataṁ śucim | śaktaṁ caivānuraktaṁ ca yuñjyān mahati karmaṇi ||
মহৎ আৰু গম্ভীৰ কাৰ্যত সেই পুৰুষক নিয়োগ কৰা উচিত, যাৰ ইন্দ্ৰিয়সমূহ বিচ্ছিন্ন নহয়, যি অত্যন্ত শাসিত আৰু অনুগত, যাৰ আচৰণ শুচি, যি সক্ষম আৰু যি অনুৰক্ত (নিষ্ঠাবান)।
वामदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Important responsibilities should be entrusted only to a person who is self-controlled (senses not scattered), morally pure, competent, and loyally committed—ethical fitness and inner discipline are prerequisites for public or major duties.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on righteous conduct and governance, the sage Vāmadeva lays down a practical rule for assigning major tasks: select and appoint individuals of disciplined senses, purity, capability, and devotion for great undertakings.