Shloka 31
राजधर्मप्रश्नः — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry into Rājadharma (Śānti-parva 56)
एवं चैव नरश्रेष्ठ रक्ष्या एव द्विजातय: । सापराधानपि हि तान् विषयान्ते समुत्सूजेत्
evaṃ caiva naraśreṣṭha rakṣyā eva dvijātayaḥ | sāparādhān api hi tān viṣayānte samutsṛjet |
ビーシュマは言った。「それでもなお、人の中の最上者よ、二度生まれ（ドヴィジャ）は常に守られねばならぬ。たとえ罪を犯したとしても死刑を科してはならず、国境の外へ追放して去らせるべきである。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A king’s punishment must be restrained by dharma: even when the twice-born commit offenses, they are not to be executed; the appropriate penalty is expulsion beyond the kingdom’s borders, maintaining protection while still upholding order.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on rājadharma, Bhīṣma advises the ruler on how to deal with offenders among the twice-born, prescribing exile at the frontier rather than capital punishment.