Shloka 1
Adhyaya 37 — Alarka’s Crisis and the Teaching on Non-Attachment (Madālasa’s Instruction Recalled)
सप्तत्रिंशोऽध्यायः
जड उवाच सोऽप्यलर्को यथान्यायं पुत्रवन्मुदिताः प्रजाः ।
पालयामास धर्मात्मा स्वे स्वे कर्मण्यवस्थिताः ॥
saptatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ | jaḍa uvāca so 'pyalarko yathānyāyaṃ putravanmuditāḥ prajāḥ | pālayāmāsa dharmātmā sve sve karmaṇyavasthitāḥ
Bab 37. Jaḍa berkata: Alarka juga, menurut keadilan (dharma), melindungi rakyat—yang bergembira seolah-olah dia anak mereka—selagi mereka teguh dalam kewajipan masing-masing.
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FAQs
Good governance is defined as just protection that enables people to remain steady in their rightful duties; the king’s affection is ideally parental—protective rather than exploitative.
Vaṃśānucarita: description of a ruler’s conduct and the condition of the subjects under his reign.
The ‘subjects established in their own karma’ suggests harmony of dharma at multiple levels—inner discipline mirroring outer order.