Shloka 7
Adhyaya 18 — Arjuna Declines the Throne; Garga Directs Him to Dattatreya; The Gods Defeat the Daityas through Dattatreya’s Vision and the Movement of Lakshmi
गृह्णतो बलिषड्भागं नृपतेर्नरको ध्रुवम् ।
निरूपितमिदं राज्ञः पूर्वै रक्षणवेतनम् ॥
gṛhṇato bali-ṣaḍbhāgaṃ nṛpater narako dhruvam /
nirūpitam idaṃ rājñaḥ pūrvair rakṣaṇa-vetanam
Para sa haring kumukuha ng bali at ng ikaanim na bahagi (nang hindi nagbibigay ng nararapat na pagprotekta), tiyak ang impiyerno. Ito’y itinakda ng mga sinaunang pantas bilang sahod ng hari para sa pag-iingat (ibig sabihin, ang singil ay makatarungan lamang bilang kabayaran sa pagbabantay).
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FAQs
The verse defines taxation as remuneration for protection; extracting revenue without fulfilling that duty is not merely inefficient but gravely sinful with assured negative afterlife consequences.
Dharma (especially rājadharma) embedded in vaṃśānucarita; it supports Purāṇic moral governance as part of societal maintenance.
‘Rakṣaṇa-vetana’ encodes a dharmic economy: authority must circulate benefit. When circulation stops (taking without giving), the ruler’s spiritual trajectory collapses (naraka as the symbol of that collapse).