Shloka 18
उतथ्योपदेशः—राजधर्मः, दर्पनिग्रहः, प्रजारक्षणम्
Utathya’s Instruction: Royal Dharma, Restraint of Pride, Protection of Subjects
धनात् स्रवति धर्मो हि धारणाद् वेति निश्चय: । अकार्याणां मनुष्येन्द्र स सीमान्तकर: स्मृत:
dhanāt sravati dharmo hi dhāraṇād veti niścayaḥ | akāryāṇāṁ manuṣyendra sa sīmāntakaraḥ smṛtaḥ ||
ウタティヤは言った。「ダルマはまことに財から流れ出る—これが確定した結論である。さらに、万物を支え保つがゆえに、確かに『ダルマ』と呼ばれる。おお人の中の最上者よ、そのダルマは境界を定めるものとして記憶される。なぜなら、なすべからざる行い（罪と禁じられた行為）に終止符を打つからである。」
उतथ्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is presented as something that requires material means to be expressed in action (charity, protection, sacrifice, governance), and as the sustaining principle that sets moral boundaries—limiting and ending forbidden conduct.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on righteous living and kingship, the sage Utathya addresses a king (‘best of men’) and explains how wealth, when rightly used, becomes a vehicle for dharma, and how dharma functions to restrain wrongdoing by defining clear limits.