Shloka 110
Dasyu-maryādā and Buddhi-guided Rāja-nīti (दस्युमर्यादा तथा बुद्धिप्रधान-राजनीति)
जिसकी प्रजा सर्वदा करके भारसे पीड़ित हो नित्य उद्विग्न रहती है और नाना प्रकारके अनर्थ उसे सताते रहते हैं, वह राजा पराभवको प्राप्त होता है ।।
yasya prajāḥ sarvadā kṛtvā bhārasena pīḍitāḥ nityam udvignā bhavanti nānāprakāraiś cānarthaiḥ satatam abhibhūyante sa rājā parābhavaṃ prāpnoti | prajā yasya vivardhante sarasīva mahotpalam sa sarvaphalabhāg rājā svargaloke mahīyate |
ブラフマダッタは言った。民が常に重荷に虐げられ、絶えず不安に苛まれ、さまざまな災いに引きずり回される王は没落する。だが、民が湖に咲き栄える大輪の蓮のように、たゆまず繁栄してゆく王は、あらゆる功徳の果報に与り、天界においてさえ尊ばれる。
ब्रह्मदत्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler’s dharma is measured by the condition of the people: if subjects are burdened, anxious, and afflicted, the king inevitably falls; if subjects prosper and bloom, the king gains merit and honor, even beyond this life.
Brahmadatta is instructing on rajadharma by contrasting two outcomes: the downfall of a king who oppresses his populace versus the exaltation of a king under whom the populace thrives, illustrated through the image of lotuses flourishing in a lake.