Shloka 19
Kośārtha-Rājadharma: Ethical Revenue Collection and Social Regulation (कोशार्थ-राजधर्मः)
भोक्ता तस्य तु पापस्थ सुकृतस्य यथा तथा । नियन्तव्या: सदा राज्ञा पापा ये स्युर्नराधिप
bhoktā tasya tu pāpastha sukṛtasya yathā tathā | niyantavyāḥ sadā rājñā pāpā ye syur narādhipa || nareśvara |
ພີດສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: ໂອ ກະສັດ! ດັ່ງທີ່ຜູ້ປົກຄອງໄດ້ຮັບສ່ວນໜຶ່ງໃນບາບທີ່ເກີດຂຶ້ນໃນແຜ່ນດິນຂອງຕົນ ຢ່າງນັ້ນເທົ່າກັນ ກໍໄດ້ຮັບສ່ວນໜຶ່ງໃນບຸນກຸສົນທີ່ເກີດຂຶ້ນທີ່ນັ້ນ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໂອ ຈອມເຈົ້າແຫ່ງມະນຸດ! ກະສັດພຶງກັ້ນຂວາງ ແລະລົງໂທດຜູ້ທີ່ເລືອກທາງຜິດຢູ່ເສມອ ໃຫ້ຢູ່ໃນອໍານາດຄວບຄຸມ—ເພາະພາລະທາງທຳຂອງອານາຈັກຍ່ອມສຳຜັດຮອດບັນລັງຢ່າງຫຼີກບໍ່ພົ້ນ.
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
A king is morally implicated in the conduct of his realm: he shares in a portion of both sin and merit generated under his rule. Therefore, he must actively restrain and punish wrongdoing to protect dharma and to avoid accruing the kingdom’s moral fault.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on rajadharma, Bhishma is advising the king on governance after the war. Here he emphasizes the ruler’s responsibility to maintain order and righteousness, warning that the king partakes in the karmic consequences of his subjects’ actions.