Shloka 129
Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ
Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics
नारद उवाच एवं यो वर्तते राजा चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य रक्षणे । स विहृत्येह सुसुखी शक्रस्यैति सलोकताम्
nārada uvāca evaṁ yo vartate rājā cāturvarṇyasya rakṣaṇe | sa vihṛtyeha susukhī śakrasya eti salokatām ||
Narada said: The king who conducts himself in this way—steadfastly protecting the fourfold social order (and the duties of varṇa and āśrama)—enjoys great happiness in this world, and after living well here, attains the same world as Śakra (Indra).
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler’s primary ethical duty is to safeguard dharma—here framed as protecting the cāturvarṇya and varṇa-āśrama duties. Such righteous governance yields both worldly well-being and a meritorious posthumous destiny (attainment of Indra’s realm).
Nārada is describing the फल (result) of ideal royal conduct: a king who actively maintains social and religious order lives happily in this world and, upon death, reaches Śakra’s heavenly world.