Shloka 33
Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ
Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics
आप्तैरलुब्धै: क्रमिकैस्ते च कच्चिदनुषछिता: । कच्चिद् राजन् कृतान्येव कृतप्रायाणि वा पुन:
āptair alubdhaiḥ kramikais te ca kaccid anuśchitāḥ | kaccid rājan kṛtāny eva kṛtaprāyāṇi vā punaḥ ||
Nārada said: “O king, have you ensured that your affairs are being properly carried out by trustworthy, ungreedy, and orderly officials? And, O king, are the tasks you have undertaken truly completed—or at least brought close to completion once again?”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler must ensure good governance through trustworthy, non-greedy, orderly administrators, and must verify that state duties are actually completed (or at least steadily brought to completion), not merely begun.
Nārada continues a sequence of probing ‘kaccit’ questions to the king, checking the health of his administration—whether competent, ethical officials are in place and whether royal undertakings are being properly finished.