Shloka 22
Adhyaya 27 — Madālasa’s Instruction to King Alarka: Royal Ethics, Self-Conquest, and Statecraft
यथेन्द्रश्चतुरो मासान् तोयोत्सर्गेण भूगताम् ।
आpyāययेत् तथा लोकं परिहारैर्महीपतिः ॥
yathendraś caturaḥ māsān toyotsargeṇa bhū-gatām | āpyāyayet tathā lokaṃ parihārair mahīpatiḥ ||
जसा इंद्र चार महिने जल (वृष्टी) सोडून पृथ्वीला तृप्त करतो, तसा राजा सवलती, दिलासा आणि क्षमाशीलतेच्या कृतींनी प्रजेला तृप्त करावा।
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FAQs
Extraction must be balanced by replenishment: the king’s legitimacy depends on periodically easing burdens—through relief, exemptions, and humane administration—mirroring rain that sustains the land.
Instructional rājadharma; not pancalakṣaṇa.
‘Rain’ symbolizes timely grace (anugraha). Power that only ‘takes’ dries the realm; power that also ‘releases’ restores vitality and loyalty.