Shloka 12
Adhyaya 37 — Alarka’s Crisis and the Teaching on Non-Attachment (Madālasa’s Instruction Recalled)
मामेवाभ्येत्य हार्देन याचतां राज्यमग्रजः ।
नाक्रान्त्या सम्प्रदास्यामि भयेनाल्पामपि क्षितिम् ॥
mām evābhyetya hārdena yācatāṃ rājyam agrajaḥ |
nākrāntyā saṃpradāsyāmi bhayenālpām api kṣitim ||
„Mein älterer Bruder soll selbst zu mir kommen und das Reich aufrichtig erbitten; ich werde nicht einmal ein wenig Land durch Gewalt, noch aus Furcht heraus abtreten.“
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FAQs
The verse distinguishes voluntary ethical transfer (through sincere personal request) from coerced surrender. It upholds fearlessness and principled consent as marks of righteous rule.
Vaṃśānucarita: dynastic episode emphasizing norms of political legitimacy.
Refusal to yield ‘even a little land’ under fear symbolizes guarding inner sovereignty: one should not concede even small principles to coercion; only genuine, dharmic appeal should move the will.