Shloka 1
राजधर्मः—प्रमादवर्जनं, दण्डनीतिः, दुर्बलरक्षणम्
Royal Dharma: Vigilance, Just Punishment, Protection of the Vulnerable
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनुशासनपर्वमें उतथ्यगीताविषयक नब्बेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ ॥/ ९० ॥। अपने-आप बछ। आर: एकनवतितमो<ध्याय: उतथ्यके उपदेशमें धर्मांचरणका महत्त्व और राजाके धर्मका वर्णन उतथ्य उवाच कालवर्षी च पर्जन्यो धर्मचारी च पार्थिव: । सम्पद् यदेषा भवति सा बिभर्ति सुखं प्रजा:,उतथ्य कहते हैं--राजन्! राजा धर्मका आचरण करे और मेघ समयपर वर्षा करता रहे। इस प्रकार जो सम्पत्ति बढ़ती है, वह प्रजावर्गका सुखपूर्वक भरण-पोषण करती है
utathya uvāca | kālavarṣī ca parjanyo dharmācārī ca pārthivaḥ | sampad yadeṣā bhavati sā bibharti sukhaṃ prajāḥ ||
Utathya said: “O king, when the rain-cloud pours in due season and the ruler conducts himself according to dharma, prosperity arises; and that prosperity, in turn, sustains the people in comfort.”
उतथ्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Prosperity and public welfare depend on two pillars: nature’s order (timely rain) and the ruler’s moral order (practice of dharma). When the king is righteous and conditions for agriculture are stable, wealth grows and can sustain the people comfortably.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on kingship, the sage Utathya addresses the king and begins a didactic passage linking righteous governance with the well-being of the realm, using timely rainfall as a key sign and cause of flourishing life.