Shloka 92
मायामोह-प्रवर्तन, वेदमार्ग-बहिष्कार, तथा पाषण्ड-संसर्ग-दोषः
Māyāmoha’s Delusion, Rejection of the Vedic Path, and the Fault of Heretical Association
राज्यं कृत्वा यथान्यायं पालयित्वा वसुंधराम् तत्याज स प्रियान् प्राणान् संग्रामे धर्मतो नृपः
rājyaṃ kṛtvā yathānyāyaṃ pālayitvā vasuṃdharām tatyāja sa priyān prāṇān saṃgrāme dharmato nṛpaḥ
நீதியோடு அரசை ஆளி, பூமியை முறையாகக் காத்த அந்த தர்மநிஷ்ட அரசன் போரில் தன் அரிய உயிரைத் துறந்தான்।
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse frames ideal kingship as twofold: ruling with justice (yathānyāya) and protecting the earth (vasuṃdharā-pālana), culminating in a dharmic end—even death in battle—when undertaken righteously.
Parāśara highlights lawful governance and protection of the realm as the ruler’s core obligations; the king’s willingness to relinquish life in a just battle is presented as consistent with dharma rather than personal ambition.
Even when Vishnu is not named, the Purana’s worldview treats dharma and the stability of the earth as upheld under Vishnu’s supreme order; righteous sovereignty mirrors that sustaining cosmic governance.