Shloka 22
उद्योगप्रवर्तनम्
Mobilization and Counsel on Kingship
अमित्राणां वधे युक्तो मित्राणां सङ्ग्रहे रतः।।4.38.22।।त्रिवर्गफलभोक्ता तु राजा धर्मेण युज्यते।
amitrāṇāṃ vadhe yukto mitrāṇāṃ saṅgrahe rataḥ | trivargaphalabhoktā tu rājā dharmeṇa yujyate ||
अमित्राणां वधे युक्तो मित्राणां सङ्ग्रहे रतः राजा त्रिवर्गफलभोक्ता सन् धर्मेणैव युज्यते।
FAQs
Rāja-dharma is protective and relational: restrain or destroy threats (amitra) and preserve alliances (mitra). When power is exercised with righteousness, the ruler legitimately attains dharma, artha, and kāma.
Rāma continues giving governance counsel to Sugrīva, defining a dharmic king by enemy-control, friend-protection, and balanced human aims.
Just leadership—firmness against harm and loyalty toward allies, guided by dharma.