Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 27, Shloka 31
Adhyaya 27 — Madālasa’s Instruction to King Alarka: Royal Ethics, Self-Conquest, and Statecraft
पालनेनैव भूतानां कृतकृत्यो महीपतिः ।
सम्यक् पालयिता भागं धर्मस्याप्नोति यत्नतः ॥
pālanenaiva bhūtānāṃ kṛtakṛtyo mahīpatiḥ / samyak pālayitā bhāgaṃ dharmasyāpnoti yatnataḥ
ਜੀਵਾਂ ਦੀ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਮਾਤਰ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਧਰਤੀ ਦੇ ਰਾਜੇ ਨੇ ਆਪਣਾ ਕਰਤੱਬ ਪੂਰਾ ਕੀਤਾ। ਜੋ ਯਤਨ ਨਾਲ ਅਤੇ ਠੀਕ ਤਰੀਕੇ ਨਾਲ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਧਰਮ ਦਾ ਹਿੱਸਾ ਅਰਥਾਤ ਪੁੰਨ-ਫਲ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ।
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FAQs
The essence of kingship is guardianship: when protection is just and diligent, the ruler participates in dharma’s merit as a direct fruit of service.
Ethical governance teaching; complements vaṃśānucarita ideals of kings but is not itself sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa-focused.
‘Protection of beings’ can be internalized as protecting the ‘beings’ (faculties, tendencies) within; right inner governance yields a ‘share of dharma’—stability and clarity.