Agni Purana — Raja-dharma, Shloka 11
Chapter 233 — Ṣāḍguṇya (The Six Measures of Royal Policy) and Foreign Daṇḍa
सांवत्सरास्तापसाश् च नाशं ब्रूयुः प्ररस्य च जिगीषुः पृथिवीं राजा तेन चोद्वेजयेत् परान्
sāṃvatsarāstāpasāś ca nāśaṃ brūyuḥ prarasya ca jigīṣuḥ pṛthivīṃ rājā tena codvejayet parān
နှစ်စဉ်ဟောကိန်းပြုသူ နက္ခတ်ပညာရှင်များနှင့် တပသ (အကျင့်သီလရှင်) များက ရန်သူ၏ ပျက်စီးမှုကို ကြေညာပါက၊ မြေပြင်တစ်လောကကို အောင်မြင်လိုသော မင်းသည် ထိုအခြေခံပေါ်တွင် ပြိုင်ဘက်တို့ကို ကြောက်ရွံ့စေသင့်သည်။
Lord Agni (in discourse to the sage Vasiṣṭha, within the Agni Purana’s instructional frame)
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: vira
Type: Kingdom
Sandhi Resolution Notes: sāṃvatsarāstāpasāḥ = sāṃvatsarāḥ + tāpasāḥ; tāpasāś = tāpasāḥ (visarga sandhi); codvejayet = ca + udvejayet.
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It applies Jyotiṣa-style annual prognostication (sāṃvatsara indications) and the counsel of ascetics as strategic intelligence: when omens predict the enemy’s downfall, the king should act assertively to demoralize opponents.
It blends political science (rāja-nīti) with prognostic astrology and religious authority (tāpasas), showing how the Agni Purana integrates governance, divination, and practical strategy in a single instructional continuum.
By aligning royal action with dharmic counsel and auspicious indications, the king is portrayed as acting in harmony with cosmic order—using discernment rather than mere aggression—thereby reducing adharma-driven violence and its karmic burden.