Shloka 11
अमात्य-गुणवर्णनम्
The Virtues of Daśaratha’s Ministers and the Order of Governance
ब्रह्म क्षत्रमहिंसन्तस्ते कोशं समपूरयन् ।सुतीक्ष्णदण्डास्संप्रेक्ष्य पुरुषस्य बलाबलम् ।।।।
brahma kṣatram ahiṃsantas te kośaṃ samapūrayan | sutīkṣṇadaṇḍāḥ saṃprekṣya puruṣasya balābalam ||
वे ब्राह्मणों और क्षत्रियों को कष्ट न पहुँचाते हुए कोष को भरते थे। मनुष्य के बल-अबल का विचार करके वे कठोर किन्तु उचित दण्ड देते थे॥
While ensuring that they did not cause pain to brahmanas and kshatriyas (in thought, word and deed), they filled the treasury. They inflicted stringent punishments on a man after examining his strength and weakness.
FAQs
Dharmic governance balances revenue and punishment with restraint: the state must be financially sound and just, yet avoid wrongful harm—especially toward protected social orders.
The narrator explains how the ministers maintained order and prosperity through measured taxation/wealth-management and calibrated punishment.
Discriminating justice: careful assessment before punishment, and principled restraint from causing harm.