Shloka 30
Cāturāśramya-dharma—Marks of the Four Āśramas (चातुराश्रम्यधर्मः)
प्रजापतिर्हिं भगवान् सर्व चैवासृजज्जगत् । स प्रवृत्तिनिवृत्त्यर्थ धर्माणां क्षत्रमिच्छति,भगवान् प्रजापतिने जब इस सम्पूर्ण जगत्की सृष्टि की थी, उस समय लोगोंको सत्कर्ममें लगाने और दुष्कर्मसे निवृत्त करनेके लिये उन्होंने धर्मरक्षाके हेतु क्षात्रबलको प्रतिष्ठित करनेकी अभिलाषा की थी
prajāpatir hi bhagavān sarvaṃ caivāsṛjaj jagat | sa pravṛtti-nivṛtty-arthaṃ dharmāṇāṃ kṣatram icchati |
Indra disse: “Pois o Bem-aventurado Prajāpati criou este mundo inteiro. E, para pôr os seres em movimento rumo à ação correta e refreá-los da ação errada, ele quis o estabelecimento do kṣatra—o poder régio—para que o dharma fosse protegido.”
इन्द्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse grounds political power (kṣatra) in a moral purpose: governance and force are meant to protect dharma by encouraging rightful conduct (pravṛtti) and restraining wrongdoing (nivṛtti).
Indra explains a principle of cosmic and social design: after creating the world, Prajāpati intended the institution of royal/warrior authority so that society could be guided toward good action and checked from harmful action.