Shloka 11
Vasiṣṭha–Karāla-Janaka Saṃvāda: Aśuddha-Sevana, Guṇa-Dr̥ṣṭi, and Sāṃkhya–Yoga Ekārthatā
Mahābhārata 12.293
तमर्चयित्वा वैश्यस्तु कुर्यादत्यर्थमृद्धिमत् । रक्षितव्यं तु राजन्यैरुपयोज्यं द्विजातिभि:
tam arcayitvā vaiśyas tu kuryād atyartham ṛddhimat | rakṣitavyaṃ tu rājanyair upayojyaṃ dvijātibhiḥ ||
Parāśara dit : «Après l’avoir honoré comme il se doit, le Vaiśya doit le rendre extrêmement prospère—par la culture des champs, l’élevage du bétail et les moyens qui s’y rattachent. Les Kṣatriya doivent le protéger, et les deux-fois-nés doivent l’employer à bon escient—consacrant richesse et grain aux sacrifices et aux œuvres d’utilité publique, après avoir renoncé à la duplicité, à la tromperie et à la colère.»
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Prosperity and social stability arise when each group fulfills its dharmic role: the Vaiśya generates abundance, the Kṣatriya protects it, and the twice-born employ it responsibly for yajña and public good, restraining moral faults like deceit and anger.
In a didactic passage of the Śānti Parva, Parāśara instructs on the proper maintenance of society: honoring the sustaining resource (wealth/grain/means of livelihood), increasing it through productive work, ensuring its protection by rulers, and directing its use by the learned toward righteous and welfare-oriented ends.