Shloka 24
Adhyaya 30 — Madālasā’s Instruction on Household Duties and Naimittika–Śrāddha Rites
सर्वेषामेव वर्णानां बान्धवो नृपतिर्यतः ।
एतास्ते कथिता वत्स ! नित्यनैमित्तकास्तथा ॥
sarveṣām eva varṇānāṃ bāndhavo nṛpatir yataḥ | etās te kathitā vatsa! nityanaimittakās tathā ||
ព្រោះព្រះមហាក្សត្រ ជាសាច់ញាតិដល់វណ្ណៈទាំងអស់ដោយពិត។ ដូច្នេះ កូនជាទីស្រឡាញ់ អំពីពិធីទាំងនេះ ខ្ញុំបានពន្យល់ដល់អ្នកថា ជាកាតព្វកិច្ចនិត្យ (nitya) និងនៃមិត្តិក (naimittika) គឺកាតព្វកិច្ចប្រចាំ និងកាតព្វកិច្ចតាមឱកាស។
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FAQs
Governance is framed as familial responsibility: the king’s role is protective and substitutive, ensuring dharmic continuity for all subjects, including ritual obligations that maintain social and ancestral order.
Not a direct pañcalakṣaṇa unit; it is prescriptive dharma instruction embedded in the Purāṇic narrative framework.
The ‘king as kinsman’ points to an integral view of society: the individual’s ritual debt (ṛṇa) is upheld by the collective dharmic structure when private capacity is absent.