Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 27, Shloka 4
Adhyaya 27 — Madālasa’s Instruction to King Alarka: Royal Ethics, Self-Conquest, and Statecraft
मदालसोवाच वत्स ! राज्येऽभिषिक्तेन प्रजारञ्जनमादितः ।
कर्तव्यमविरोधेन स्वधर्मस्य महीभृता ॥
madālasovāca vatsa! rājye 'bhiṣiktena prajārañjanam āditaḥ | kartavyam avirodhena svadharmasya mahībhṛtā ||
မဒါလသာ (Madālasā) ကဆိုသည်—သားရေ၊ မင်းအဖြစ် အဘိသေက ခံယူပြီးနောက် အုပ်ချုပ်သူ၏ အမြင့်ဆုံးတာဝန်မှာ ပြည်သူတို့၏ စိတ်နှလုံးကို ပျော်ရွှင်စေ၍ ချစ်ခင်ယုံကြည်မှုကို ရယူခြင်းဖြစ်သည်—မိမိ၏ ဓမ္မကို မဆန့်ကျင်ဘဲ၊ မလွန်ကျူးဘဲ ဆောင်ရွက်ရမည်။
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FAQs
Kingship is service: the ruler’s ‘first duty’ is public welfare, executed in fidelity to svadharma. Popular satisfaction here is not mere appeasement, but dharmic governance that sustains order and trust.
Dharma instruction in a royal-education setting (vaṃśānucarita-adjacent). It functions as purāṇic niti rather than cosmological taxonomy.
‘Consecration’ signifies inner authorization: when power awakens, it must be yoked to dharma. Prajā can also mean the senses/inner populace—rule begins by harmonizing the inner kingdom without violating truth (svadharma).