Shloka 43
तवाद्य पृथिवी सर्वा क्षेमा निहतकण्टका । तां प्रशाधि महाराज स्वधर्ममनुपालय,“महाराज! आज यह सारी पृथ्वी आपकी हो गयी, इसके काँटे नष्ट कर दिये गये, अतः यह मंगलमयी हो गयी है। आप इसका शासन तथा अपने धर्मका पालन कीजिये
tvādya pṛthivī sarvā kṣemā nihatakaṇṭakā | tāṃ praśādhi mahārāja svadharmam anupālaya ||
Sanjaya said: “Today the whole earth has become secure, its thorns removed—its sources of harm have been cut down. Therefore, O great king, govern this realm and uphold your own dharma.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames kingship as a moral obligation: once obstacles and threats are removed, the ruler must establish orderly governance and uphold svadharma—duty-bound, ethical rule aimed at security and welfare.
Sanjaya addresses the king, reporting that the realm is now ‘thornless’—its adversaries and disruptive forces have been eliminated—urging him to take up the task of ruling and maintaining dharma in the new political reality after the conflict.