Shloka 4
त्रिवर्गों हि समासक्तो राजधर्मेषु कौरव । मोक्षधर्मश्ष विस्पष्ट: सकलो<त्र समाहित:,कुरुनन्दन! राजाके धर्मोमें धर्म, अर्थ और काम तीनोंका समावेश है, और यह स्पष्ट है कि सम्पूर्ण मोक्षधर्म भी राजधर्ममें निहित है
trivargo hi samāsakto rājadharmeṣu kaurava | mokṣadharmaś ca vispaṣṭaḥ sakalo ’tra samāhitaḥ ||
Yudhiṣṭhira dijo: «Oh Kaurava, en los deberes de la realeza se hallan unidos y en acción los tres fines de la vida —dharma, artha y kāma—. Y es también evidente que toda la enseñanza sobre la liberación (mokṣa-dharma), en su plenitud, está contenida aquí, dentro del rāja-dharma.»
युधिषछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Rāja-dharma is not merely political technique; it integrates the full spectrum of human aims (dharma, artha, kāma) and can also encompass the principles that lead toward mokṣa. Ethical governance is presented as a comprehensive discipline with spiritual depth.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on governance and ethics, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses a Kuru elder/kinsman and frames the discussion: the science of kingship contains within it both worldly responsibilities and the broader moral-spiritual teachings, including those oriented to liberation.