Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 34, Shloka 114
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
तत्र नित्यं वसेत् प्राज्ञः कुतः कुनृपतौ सुखम् ।
यत्राप्रधृष्यो नृपतिर्यत्र शस्यवती मही ॥
tatra nityaṃ vaset prājñaḥ kutaḥ kunṛpatau sukham / yatrāpradhṛṣyo nṛpatiryatra śasyavatī mahī
A wise person should always live in such a place; for how can there be happiness under a bad king? Live where the ruler is not easily assailed and where the land is rich in crops.
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FAQs
Private virtue depends partly on public order: unjust or weak governance erodes happiness; security and agricultural prosperity are signs of a well-ordered realm.
Rājadharma-adjacent counsel (ācāra); not within the five cosmological markers.
The ‘invulnerable king’ symbolizes a stable inner governor (buddhi) that cannot be shaken by impulses; ‘fertile earth’ mirrors a mind that yields wholesome outcomes when protected by dharma.