Shloka 2.100.25

शततमः सर्गः — Rāma Questions Bharata on Rājadharma (Governance, Counsel, and Public Welfare)

Devanagari script

कच्चिन्मुख्या महात्स्वेव मध्यमेषु च मध्यमाः।जघन्याश्च जघन्येषु भृत्याः कर्मसु योजिताः।।।।

Transliteration

kaccin mukhyā mahatsv eva madhyameṣu ca madhyamāḥ | jaghanyāś ca jaghanyeṣu bhṛtyāḥ karmasu yojitāḥ ||

Translation

I hope you have assigned your servants appropriately: the most capable to the most important tasks, the middling to middling duties, and the least capable to inferior work.

Context

I hope you have employed highly competent servants for important tasks, mediocre servants in mediocre tasks and low people in inferior tasks.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Bharata
• bhṛtya (servants/officials)

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Dharma in administration is fairness and fitness-for-role: assigning responsibilities according to capability prevents injustice, waste, and harm to the public.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma questions Bharata about practical governance—whether he matches personnel to tasks in a rational hierarchy.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Organizational discernment and justice: rewarding competence with responsibility while safeguarding critical tasks from unfit hands.