Shloka 108
Adhyāya 199: Karma–Jñāna Causality and the Nirguṇa Brahman
Manu’s Instruction
तौ चोवाच स राजर्षि: कृतकार्यों गमिष्यथ: । नेदानीं मामिहासाद्य राजधर्मो भवेन्मृषा,इसके बाद राजर्षि इक्ष्वाकुने उन दोनोंसे कहा--'तुम दोनों अपने विवादका निपटारा हो जानेपर ही यहाँसे जाना। इस समय मेरे पास आकर अपना कार्य पूर्ण हुए बिना न जाना। मुझे भय है कि राजधर्म मिथ्या अथवा कलंकित न हो जाय
tau covāca sa rājarṣiḥ: kṛtakāryau gamiṣyathaḥ | nedānīṃ mām ihāsādya rājadharmo bhaven mṛṣā ||
तौ चोवाच स राजर्षिः—कृतकार्यों गमिष्यथः। नेदानीं मामिहासाद्य राजधर्मो भवेन्मृषा॥
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
A king must ensure that those who seek justice receive a completed resolution; otherwise rājadharma (royal duty) becomes ‘mṛṣā’—discredited or morally compromised. The verse stresses accountability and the ethical necessity of finishing adjudication once petitioners have approached the ruler.
A royal sage addresses two parties who have come before him with a matter in dispute. He instructs them not to leave immediately, but to remain until their business is properly concluded, expressing concern that failing to complete the process would tarnish the integrity of royal justice.