Shloka 14
Gārhasthya-Śreṣṭhatā and Kṣatriya-Daṇḍadhāraṇa
Householder Primacy and the Royal Duty of Punishment
एता विद्या: क्षत्रियाणां राजन् संसिद्धिकारिका: । अपि गाथामिमां चापि बृहस्पतिरगायत,राजन! ये विद्याएँ (धार्मिक क्रियाएँ) क्षत्रियोंको सदा सिद्धि प्रदान करनेवाली हैं। इस विषयमें बृहस्पतिजीने इस गाथाका भी गान किया है
etā vidyāḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ rājan saṃsiddhikārikāḥ | api gāthām imāṃ cāpi bṛhaspatir agāyat ||
Vyāsa said: “O king, these disciplines and sacred duties are what bring the kṣatriyas their sure accomplishment and success. On this very subject, Bṛhaspati too once sang this traditional verse.”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
That the kṣatriya’s true ‘success’ (saṃsiddhi) comes from adherence to the proper disciplines and duties—ethical, ritual, and political—and that this principle is supported by authoritative tradition, here attributed to Bṛhaspati.
Vyāsa addresses a king and, after listing or indicating the relevant kṣatriya disciplines, introduces an authoritative supporting quotation: a gāthā said to have been sung by Bṛhaspati on the same topic.