Shloka 15
Kośārtha-Rājadharma: Ethical Revenue Collection and Social Regulation (कोशार्थ-राजधर्मः)
नियम्या: सर्व एवैते ये राष्ट्स्योपघातका: । एते राष्ट्रेईभितिष्ठन्तो बाधन्ते भद्विका: प्रजा:
niyamyāḥ sarva evaite ye rāṣṭrasyopaghātakāḥ | ete rāṣṭre ’bhitiṣṭhanto bādhante bhadrikāḥ prajāḥ ||
Бхишма сказал: Всех, кто причиняет вред царству, следует сдерживать. Если позволить им остаться и укорениться в пределах державы, они будут препятствовать и притеснять добродетельных, благоустроенных подданных, становясь тяжкими помехами благу народа и нравственному порядку государства.
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
A king must protect social and moral order by restraining those who harm the state and who obstruct the welfare of respectable, law-abiding subjects; governance includes active regulation and punishment when needed.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on kingship, Bhishma advises the ruler that people who damage the kingdom should not be allowed to entrench themselves in the realm, because their presence becomes a direct obstacle to the well-being of good citizens.