Shloka 35
Adhyaya 28 — Alarka Inquires into Varna and Ashrama Dharma; Madalasa Defines the Fourfold Duties
ये च स्वधर्मसन्त्यागात् पापं कुर्वन्ति मानवाः ।
उपेक्षतस्तान् नृपतेरिष्टापूर्तं प्रणश्यति ॥
ye ca svadharmasantyāgāt pāpaṃ kurvanti mānavāḥ | upekṣatas tān nṛpater iṣṭāpūrtaṃ praṇaśyati ||
സ്വധർമ്മം ഉപേക്ഷിച്ച് പാപം ചെയ്യുന്ന പുരുഷന്മാരെ രാജാവ് അവഗണിച്ചാൽ, രാജാവിന് യജ്ഞവും ദാനധർമ്മവും മുതലായവയിൽ നിന്നുള്ള ഇഷ്ട‑പൂർത്ത പുണ്യം നശിക്കുന്നു।
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FAQs
A ruler’s righteousness is not only personal piety but active guardianship of dharma. If wrongdoing born from abandonment of svadharma is tolerated, the king becomes complicit and loses the spiritual fruit of his own religious and charitable acts.
Primarily Dharma-śāstra style instruction embedded in the Purāṇic narrative; it is ancillary ethical teaching rather than sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita, though it supports vaṃśānucarita by defining ideal kingly conduct.
Iṣṭa (ritual) and pūrta (public good) are portrayed as inseparable from moral governance: inner merit cannot stand when outer order is knowingly allowed to decay. Neglect (upekṣā) itself is treated as a subtle form of adharma.