स धर्मराजवज्जातो धर्माधर्मविवेचकः । अदंड्यान्मण्डयन्राजा दंड्यांश्च परिदंडयन्
sa dharmarājavajjāto dharmādharmavivecakaḥ | adaṃḍyānmaṇḍayanrājā daṃḍyāṃśca paridaṃḍayan
Ipinanganak na parang si Dharma-rāja, ang hari’y marunong maghiwalay ng dharma at adharma—pinararangalan ang di-dapat parusahan, at mahigpit na pinarurusahan ang dapat parusahan.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A king seated in court like Dharma-rāja, calm yet firm; he honors the blameless and sentences the guilty with measured authority; attendants and petitioners stand in orderly rows.
True dharma is discrimination (viveka): compassion toward the blameless and measured punishment toward wrongdoing sustain moral order.
Kāśī’s sacred order is supported indirectly through the portrayal of its righteous protector-king; the site is part of the chapter’s Vārāṇasī setting.
None; the verse teaches governance ethics rather than ritual.
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