स धर्मराजवज्जातो धर्माधर्मविवेचकः । अदंड्यान्मण्डयन्राजा दंड्यांश्च परिदंडयन्
sa dharmarājavajjāto dharmādharmavivecakaḥ | adaṃḍyānmaṇḍayanrājā daṃḍyāṃśca paridaṃḍayan
അവൻ ധർമ്മരാജനെപ്പോലെ ജനിച്ച് ധർമ്മാധർമ്മ വിവേചകനായി; ദണ്ഡനാർഹരല്ലാത്തവരെ ആദരിച്ചു, ദണ്ഡ്യരെ ദൃഢമായി ശിക്ഷിച്ചു।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
True dharma is discrimination (viveka): compassion toward the blameless and measured punishment toward wrongdoing sustain moral order.
Kāśī’s sacred order is supported indirectly through the portrayal of its righteous protector-king; the site is part of the chapter’s Vārāṇasī setting.
None; the verse teaches governance ethics rather than ritual.