Shloka 28
Adhyaya 27 — Madālasa’s Instruction to King Alarka: Royal Ethics, Self-Conquest, and Statecraft
उत्पथग्राहिणो मूढान् स्वधर्माच्चलतो नरान् ।
यः करोति निजे धर्मे स राजा स्वर्गमृच्छति ॥
utpathagrāhiṇo mūḍhān svadharmāc calato narān / yaḥ karoti nije dharme sa rājā svargam ṛcchati
যি ৰজাই কুপথগামী আৰু স্বধৰ্মৰ পৰা বিচ্যুত মোহগ্ৰস্ত লোকসকলক তেওঁলোকৰ যথোচিত কৰ্তব্যত পুনৰ স্থাপন কৰে, সেই ৰজাই স্বৰ্গ লাভ কৰে।
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FAQs
Royal authority is justified as dharma-restoration: punishment/discipline is not for domination but for returning society to rightful conduct.
Falls under dharma teaching embedded in narrative; not a direct pancalakṣaṇa item, but typical purāṇic instruction accompanying dynastic/ethical sections.
The ‘king’ can symbolize the regulating faculty of consciousness that re-centers scattered tendencies (wrong paths) back into their proper function (svadharma).