Shloka 2
Treasury Security, Protection of Informants, and the Kalakavṛkṣīya Exemplum (Śānti Parva 83)
ह्वियमाणममात्येन भृत्यो वा यदि वा भृत: । यो राजकोशं नश्यन्तमाचक्षीत युधिष्ठिर
hvīyamāṇam amātyena bhṛtyo vā yadi vā bhṛtaḥ | yo rājakośaṃ naśyantam ācakṣīta yudhiṣṭhira ||
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ! ຖ້າມີການກ່າວຫາອຳມາດຜູ້ໜຶ່ງ ແລະ ຂ້າຮັບໃຊ້—ຫຼື ຜູ້ໃດກໍຕາມທີ່ພະຣາຊາອຸປະຖຳ—ມາແຈ້ງວ່າຄັງຫຼວງກຳລັງຖືກທຳລາຍ ພະຣາຊາພຶງຟັງຄຳລາຍງານນັ້ນໃນທີ່ລັບ ແລະ ຄຸ້ມຄອງຄວາມປອດໄພໃຫ້ຜູ້ແຈ້ງ. ເພາະອຳມາດຜູ້ລັກລອບ ມັກຈະຫາທາງຂ້າຜູ້ທີ່ເປີດໂປງພວກເຂົາ»។
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A king must take reports of financial wrongdoing seriously, hear them discreetly, and protect the informant—because corrupt officials may retaliate violently against those who expose them.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on rājadharma, Bhīṣma advises Yudhiṣṭhira on how a ruler should respond when someone reports that a minister is harming or embezzling the royal treasury, emphasizing confidential inquiry and safeguarding the reporter.