नारद उवाच । षड्विंशद्गुणसंपन्नो राजा राज्यं करोति च । स राज्यफलमाप्नोति शृणु तत्कथयाम्यहम्
nārada uvāca | ṣaḍviṃśadguṇasaṃpanno rājā rājyaṃ karoti ca | sa rājyaphalamāpnoti śṛṇu tatkathayāmyaham
Nārada dit : Le roi pourvu de vingt-six qualités soutient véritablement la royauté. Il obtient les fruits d’un règne conforme au dharma. Écoute : je vais maintenant les exposer.
Nārada
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (within Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bali
Scene: Nārada begins a formal enumeration: he raises a hand in teaching gesture, Bali listens; a scroll or palm-leaf list symbolizes the ‘twenty-six qualities’.
Authority becomes dharmic and fruitful when grounded in cultivated virtues rather than mere power.
The teaching is embedded in the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya of Prabhāsa, connecting ethical kingship with sacred geography context.
None directly; it introduces a list of virtues as an ethical discipline.