Shloka 122
Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ
Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics
कच्चिदशभ्यस्यते सम्यग गृहे ते भरतर्षभ । धनुर्वेदस्य सूत्र वै यन्त्रसूत्रं च नागरम्,भरतकुलभूषण! क्या तुम्हारे घरपर धरनुर्वेदसूत्र, यन्त्रसूत्रन और नागरिक सूत्रका अच्छी तरह अभ्यास किया जाता है?
kaccid abhyasyate samyag gṛhe te bharatarṣabha | dhanurvedasya sūtraṃ vai yantrasūtraṃ ca nāgaram ||
Nārada berkata: “Wahai banteng di antara kaum Bharata, adakah latihan berdisiplin dipelihara dengan baik di istana tuanku—baik ajaran aforisme Dhanurveda, ilmu memanah dan peperangan, mahupun manual teknikal tentang peranti, serta sutra tentang tata susila kehidupan kota? Wahai perhiasan keturunan Bharata, adakah cabang-cabang ilmu ini diamalkan dengan baik di rumah tuanku?”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler’s household should sustain disciplined, correct practice of essential knowledges: martial training (dhanurveda), technical competence (yantra), and civic/political refinement (nāgara). The verse frames education as a component of dharma and effective kingship.
Nārada addresses a Bharata leader with a welfare-style inquiry, asking whether key branches of learning are being properly studied and maintained in his home—signaling scrutiny of the ruler’s preparedness and the orderliness of his governance.