Shloka 3
Vyavahāra-Śuddhi and Rājadharma: Clean Administration, Counsel, and Proportional Punishment
Chapter 86
युधिछिर उवाच कीदशैरव्यवहारैस्तु कैश्न व्यवहरेन्नप: । एतत्पृष्टो महाप्राज्ञ यथावद् वक्तुमहसि,युधिष्ठिरे पूछा--महामते! राजाको किस-किस प्रकारके लोगोंसे किस-किस प्रकारका बर्ताव काममें लाना चाहिये? मेरे इस प्रश्नचका आप यथावत््रूपसे समाधान करें
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kīdṛśair avyavahārais tu kaiś ca vyavaharen nṛpaḥ | etat pṛṣṭo mahāprājña yathāvad vaktum arhasi ||
ユディシュティラは言った。「大いなる賢者よ。王はどのような人々——とりわけ素行の正しくない者たち——と、いかなる仕方で交わり、事を運ぶべきでしょうか。私が問う以上、正しく順序立てて説き明かしてください。」
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a rājadharma inquiry: a king must know how to engage different types of people, including those of improper conduct, and must apply appropriate, principled modes of interaction rather than a single uniform approach.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on governance and dharma, Yudhiṣṭhira asks a highly wise teacher to explain, in a systematic and correct way, how a ruler should conduct dealings with various kinds of persons.