Shloka 68
Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ
Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics
कच्चित् कोषश्न कोष्ठं च वाहनं द्वारमायुधम् । आयश्व कृतकल्याणैस्तव भक्तैरनुछित:
kaccit kośaś ca koṣṭhaṁ ca vāhanaṁ dvāram āyudham | āyaś ca kṛtakalyāṇais tava bhaktair anucitaiḥ ||
Nārada said: “I trust that your treasury and granary, your vehicles, the principal gate, your weapons, and the sources of revenue are all being guarded and properly managed only by loyal attendants—men devoted to their lord and ever intent on your welfare?”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler’s prosperity and stability depend on vigilant protection and honest management of key state assets—wealth, provisions, transport, gates, arms, and revenue—entrusted to loyal, welfare-minded retainers rather than unreliable or self-serving agents.
Nārada continues a sequence of ‘kaccit’ inquiries to assess the king’s governance, asking whether essential resources and security points of the realm are being safeguarded and supervised by devoted, trustworthy attendants.