Shloka 7
दुर्ग-निवेश-राजधर्मः | Fortified Capital and the King’s Residential Polity
Rājadharma
विद्वांस: शिल्पिनो यत्र निचयाश्न सुसंचिता: । धार्मिकश्न जनो यत्र दाक्ष्यमुत्तममास्थित:
vidvāṁsaḥ śilpino yatra nicayāś ca su-saṁcitāḥ | dhārmikaś ca jano yatra dākṣyam uttamam āsthitaḥ ||
যেখানে বিদ্বান ও কারুশিল্পীরা থাকে, এবং ধন-সম্পদ ও রসদের ভাণ্ডার সুসংচিত; যেখানে জনসাধারণ ধর্মপরায়ণ এবং উৎকৃষ্ট দক্ষতা সুদৃঢ়ভাবে প্রতিষ্ঠিত।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A well-ordered society harmonizes knowledge (vidvān), productive skill (śilpin), material security (well-stored reserves), and moral conduct (dhārmika jana). Prosperity is presented as stable when grounded in dharma and competence.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on principles of peace-time rule and social welfare. Here he describes features of a flourishing realm: learned and skilled citizens, secure resources, and a populace committed to righteousness and effective action.