Shloka 32
मोक्षोपाय-निर्णयः
Determination of the Means to Liberation
आश्वासयद्धि: सुभृशमनुक्रोशात् तथैव च । एतत् प्रथमकल्पेन राजा कृतयुगे जयेत्
āśvāsayad dhiḥ subhṛśam anukrośāt tathaiva ca | etat prathamakalpena rājā kṛtayuge jayet, pitāji |
ସେମାନେ ଗଭୀର ଅନୁକମ୍ପାରୁ ମୋତେ ଭଲଭାବେ ଆଶ୍ୱସ୍ତ କରି ଏହି ଶିକ୍ଷା ଦେଇଥିଲେ। ତେଣୁ, ହେ ତାତ, କୃତ (ସତ୍ୟ) ଯୁଗରେ—ଯେତେବେଳେ ଧର୍ମ ଚାରି ପାଦରେ ଦୃଢ଼ ଥାଏ—ରାଜା ପ୍ରଜାକୁ ପ୍ରଥମ ଓ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ଦଣ୍ଡନୀତିରେ, ଅର୍ଥାତ୍ ଅହିଂସାମୟ ସଂଯମ ଓ ନୀତି-ପ୍ରେରଣାରେ ମାତ୍ର ବଶ କରିବା ଉଚିତ।
हुमत्सेन उवाच
Educational Q&A
In an ideal age where dharma is fully established (Kṛta/Satya Yuga), a ruler should govern primarily through the mildest, ethically superior form of daṇḍa—restraint, persuasion, and compassionate correction—rather than harsh coercion.
Humatsena recalls how elders/forebears compassionately reassured and instructed him, and he transmits that traditional counsel: the king’s control over subjects should match the moral condition of the age, with the Kṛta Yuga calling for the gentlest mode of governance.