Shloka 10
जित्वारीन क्षत्रधर्मेण प्राप्प राज्यमकण्टकम् । विजितात्मा मनुष्येन्द्र यज्ञदानपरो भव,“नरेन्द्र! आपने क्षत्रियधर्मके अनुसार शत्रुओंको जीतकर निष्कण्टक राज्य प्राप्त किया है। अब अपने मनको वशमें करके यज्ञ और दानमें संलग्न हो जाइये
Vaishampāyana uvāca: jitvārīn kṣatradharmeṇa prāpya rājyam akaṇṭakam | vijitātmā manuṣyendra yajñadānaparo bhava ||
जित्वारीन् क्षत्रधर्मेण प्राप्य राज्यं अकण्टकम् । विजितात्मा मनुष्येन्द्र यज्ञदानपरो भव ॥
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
After external victory, the ruler must pursue inner victory (self-mastery) and use sovereignty for dharmic ends—supporting yajña (public religious order) and dāna (generosity and welfare).
Vaiśampāyana addresses a king as “manuṣyendra,” noting that he has won an unobstructed kingdom by the warrior code, and urges him to shift from conquest to disciplined, charitable, and ritually grounded kingship.