Shloka 122
Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ
Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics
कच्चिदशभ्यस्यते सम्यग गृहे ते भरतर्षभ । धनुर्वेदस्य सूत्र वै यन्त्रसूत्रं च नागरम्,भरतकुलभूषण! क्या तुम्हारे घरपर धरनुर्वेदसूत्र, यन्त्रसूत्रन और नागरिक सूत्रका अच्छी तरह अभ्यास किया जाता है?
kaccid abhyasyate samyag gṛhe te bharatarṣabha | dhanurvedasya sūtraṃ vai yantrasūtraṃ ca nāgaram ||
નારદ બોલ્યા—હે ભરતકુલભૂષણ! શું તમારા ઘરમાં ધનુર્વેદસૂત્ર, યંત્રસૂત્ર અને નાગરિકસૂત્ર—આ બધાનો શિસ્તબદ્ધ રીતે સમ્યક અભ્યાસ થાય છે?
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler’s household should sustain disciplined, correct practice of essential knowledges: martial training (dhanurveda), technical competence (yantra), and civic/political refinement (nāgara). The verse frames education as a component of dharma and effective kingship.
Nārada addresses a Bharata leader with a welfare-style inquiry, asking whether key branches of learning are being properly studied and maintained in his home—signaling scrutiny of the ruler’s preparedness and the orderliness of his governance.