Shloka 57
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
'स्त्रियोंमें भी परस्पर विवाद नहीं होता था; फिर पुरुषोंकी तो बात ही क्या है? श्रीरामके राज्य-शासनकालमें समस्त प्रजा सदा धर्ममें तत्पर रहती थी ।।
santuṣṭāḥ sarvasiddhārthā nirbhayāḥ svairacāriṇaḥ | narāḥ satyavratāś cāsan rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati ||
राम के राज्य-शासन में सभी मनुष्य संतुष्ट, सर्वसिद्धार्थ, निर्भय, स्वैरचारी और सत्यव्रती थे।
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents Rāma’s reign as a model of dharmic governance: when the ruler upholds righteousness, society becomes secure and harmonious, and people naturally cultivate truthfulness, contentment, and moral discipline.
In Śānti Parva’s discourse on dharma and statecraft, Vāyu-deva cites the idealized condition of society under Rāma’s rule—marked by absence of quarrel, fearlessness, and truth-observance—to illustrate the fruits of righteous kingship.