परदाररता ये च ये च तस्करवृत्तयः । सर्वे राजभयाद्राजन्मर्यादां पालयंति वै
paradāraratā ye ca ye ca taskaravṛttayaḥ | sarve rājabhayādrājanmaryādāṃ pālayaṃti vai
«Ceux qui convoitent les épouses d’autrui et ceux qui vivent du vol—tous, ô roi, ne respectent les justes limites que par crainte du châtiment royal.»
Counsellors/subjects (contextual)
Scene: Counselors describe how criminals and adulterers stay within bounds only due to royal fear; the king is shown as potential wielder of danda, yet presently withdrawn.
External law supports social morality; when authority is righteous, it restrains harm and protects dharma for the vulnerable.
No site is specified in this verse; it continues the moral-political instruction within the chapter’s narrative.
None; it discusses social discipline enforced by kingship.