Shloka 44
राजवृत्त-रक्षा-प्रणिधि-षाड्गुण्योपदेशः
Royal Conduct, Protection, Intelligence, and Policy Measures
अशुचींश्र यदा क्रुद्ध: क्षिणोति शतशो नरान् | सपुत्रपौत्रान् सामात्यांस्तदा भवति सो5न्तकः,जब राजा कुपित होकर अशुद्धाचारी सैकड़ों मनुष्योंका उनके पुत्र, पौत्र और मन्त्रियोंसहित संहार कर डालता है, तब वह मृत्युरूप होता है
aśucīn yathā kruddhaḥ kṣiṇoti śataśo narān | sa-putra-pautrān sa-mātyāṁs tadā bhavati so ’ntakaḥ ||
Quando um rei, inflamado de ira, destrói às centenas homens de conduta impura—juntamente com seus filhos, netos e ministros—então ele se torna Antaka, a própria Morte. O verso adverte que a punição irada e indiscriminada transforma o poder real numa força de aniquilação, e não numa proteção conforme ao dharma.
वसुमना उवाच
Educational Q&A
Royal authority must be governed by dharma and restraint. When a ruler punishes in anger and wipes out people wholesale—along with their families and officials—his rule becomes indistinguishable from Death, i.e., destructive rather than protective.
Vasumanā describes a scenario of a king, overcome by wrath, carrying out mass destruction of men deemed impure, extending the slaughter to their descendants and ministers. The statement functions as a moral diagnosis of tyrannical, anger-driven governance within the rājadharma discussion of Śānti Parva.