Shloka 57
राजधर्मः—प्रमादवर्जनं, दण्डनीतिः, दुर्बलरक्षणम्
Royal Dharma: Vigilance, Just Punishment, Protection of the Vulnerable
तत् कुरुष्व महाराज वृत्तं राजर्षिसेवितम् । आतिष्ठ दिव्यं पन्थानमल्नाय पुरुषर्षभ,पुरुषप्रवर महाराज! राजर्षियोंद्वारा सेवित उस आचारका तुम पालन करो और शीघ्र ही प्रकाशयुक्त दिव्य मार्गका आश्रय लो
tat kuruṣva mahārāja vṛttaṁ rājarṣi-sevitam | ātiṣṭha divyaṁ panthānam alpnāya puruṣarṣabha ||
Utathya said: “O great king, practice that noble conduct which has been followed and upheld by royal sages. O bull among men, quickly take refuge in the luminous, divine path.”
उतथ्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Utathya urges the king to embody the time-tested ethical conduct upheld by rājarṣis and to commit himself promptly to a higher, luminous ‘divine path’—a synthesis of righteous governance and inner spiritual orientation.
In the didactic setting of Śānti Parva, the sage Utathya addresses a king, exhorting him to adopt the exemplary standards of royal-sage tradition and to turn swiftly toward a spiritually elevated course of life and rule.