Shloka 7
धृतराष्ट्रस्य वंशोपदेशः
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Dynastic Counsel on Legitimate Rule
ततः सर्वा: प्रजास्तात धृतराष्ट्रं जनेश्वरम् । अन्वपद्यन्त विधिवद् यथा पाण्डुं जनाधिपम्,“तात! तदनन्तर सारी प्रजा जैसे राजा पाण्डुके अनुगत रहती थी, उसी प्रकार विधिपूर्वक राजा धृतराष्ट्रके अधीन रहने लगी
tataḥ sarvāḥ prajāstā́ta dhṛtarāṣṭraṁ janeśvaram | anvapadyanta vidhivad yathā pāṇḍuṁ janādhipam ||
それから、愛しき者よ、すべての民は作法にかなって民の主ドリタラーシュトラのもとに従った。かつて人の王パーンドゥに従ったのと同じように。ここには秩序ある市民の忠誠という倫理の理想が示される。王権が正しく継承されるとき、社会は定められた規範に従い、正統の君主に帰依して安定を求めるのである。
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights rajadharma and social ethics: when authority is established in a proper, rule-governed way (vidhivat), the people maintain stability by duly accepting and following the sovereign, as they did under the previous righteous ruler.
Vāyudeva states that after the relevant transition of power, all the subjects came to follow Dhṛtarāṣṭra as their ruler, in the same orderly manner in which they had earlier followed King Pāṇḍu.