Shloka 4
Adhyaya 27 — Madālasa’s Instruction to King Alarka: Royal Ethics, Self-Conquest, and Statecraft
मदालसोवाच वत्स ! राज्येऽभिषिक्तेन प्रजारञ्जनमादितः ।
कर्तव्यमविरोधेन स्वधर्मस्य महीभृता ॥
madālasovāca vatsa! rājye 'bhiṣiktena prajārañjanam āditaḥ | kartavyam avirodhena svadharmasya mahībhṛtā ||
マダーラサー（Madālasā）は言った。「わが子よ、王位に灌頂されて王となったなら、統治者の第一の務めは、民を喜ばせ、その信愛を得ることにある――自らのダルマを矛盾なく、逸脱なく実行するのだ。」
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FAQs
Kingship is service: the ruler’s ‘first duty’ is public welfare, executed in fidelity to svadharma. Popular satisfaction here is not mere appeasement, but dharmic governance that sustains order and trust.
Dharma instruction in a royal-education setting (vaṃśānucarita-adjacent). It functions as purāṇic niti rather than cosmological taxonomy.
‘Consecration’ signifies inner authorization: when power awakens, it must be yoked to dharma. Prajā can also mean the senses/inner populace—rule begins by harmonizing the inner kingdom without violating truth (svadharma).