Shloka 9
Adhyāya 42 (Śānti Parva): Śrāddha, Aurdhvadaihika Rites, and Royal Welfare Measures
कृतकृत्यो5भवद् राजा प्रजा धर्मेण पालयन् | उन सबके ऋणसे मुक्त हो वे लोकमें किसीकी निन्दा या आक्षेपके पात्र नहीं रह गये। राजा युधिष्ठिर धर्मपूर्वक प्रजाका पालन करते हुए कृतकृत्यताका अनुभव करने लगे ।। ८३ || धृतराष्ट्र यथापूर्व गान्धारीं विदुरं तथा
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: kṛtakṛtyo 'bhavad rājā prajā dharmeṇa pālayan | dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ yathāpūrvaṃ gāndhārīṃ viduraṃ tathā |
Vaiśampāyana said: The king became one who felt his duties fulfilled, protecting his subjects in accordance with dharma. Freed from obligations and beyond the reach of blame or reproach in the world, King Yudhiṣṭhira, while governing righteously, came to experience a sense of accomplished responsibility. Meanwhile, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, as before, remained with Gāndhārī and likewise with Vidura.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler’s true success is measured by dharmic protection of the people: when governance is aligned with duty and justice, one becomes kṛtakṛtya—ethically fulfilled and less vulnerable to rightful blame.
Vaiśampāyana describes Yudhiṣṭhira settling into righteous kingship and feeling his responsibilities completed through dharmic rule, while the narrative also notes Dhṛtarāṣṭra continuing in his prior situation with Gāndhārī and Vidura.