Shloka 3
राजधर्मान् विशेषेण कथयस्व पितामह | सर्वस्य जीवलोकस्य राजधर्म: परायणम्,पितामह! राजधर्म सम्पूर्ण जीवजगत्का परम आश्रय है; अतः आप राजधर्मोंका ही विशेषरूपसे वर्णन कीजिये
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
rājadharmān viśeṣeṇa kathayasva pitāmaha |
sarvasya jīvalokasya rājadharmaḥ parāyaṇam, pitāmaha ||
Yudhiṣṭhira sprach: „O Pitāmaha, ehrwürdiger Großvater, schildere mir insbesondere die Pflichten des Königtums. Denn die rāja-dharma, das Dharma des Königs, ist die höchste Zuflucht für die ganze Welt der Lebewesen, o Pitāmaha.“
युधिषछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Royal duty (rājadharma) is presented as the paramount support of society: the well-being and moral order of all beings depend on righteous governance, so it must be taught with special care and detail.
In Śānti Parva, Yudhiṣṭhira, seeking guidance after the war, addresses Bhīṣma (the Grandsire) and requests a focused exposition on rājadharma—how a king should rule so that the whole living world finds protection and stability.