Shloka 5
Jarāsandha-nipātana, rāja-mokṣa, and rājasūya-sāhāyya-prārthanā
Jarāsandha’s fall, liberation of kings, and request for support
त्रैलोक्ये क्षत्रधर्मो हि श्रेयान् वै साधुचारिणाम् | नान्यं धर्म प्रशंसन्ति ये च धर्मविदो जना:
trailokye kṣatradharmo hi śreyān vai sādhucāriṇām | nānyaṃ dharmaṃ praśaṃsanti ye ca dharmavido janāḥ ||
تینوں لوکوں میں نیک سیرت کشتریوں کے لیے کشتریہ دھرم ہی سب سے برتر ہے۔ جو لوگ دھرم کو جانتے ہیں، وہ کشتری کے لیے کسی اور دھرم کو اس سے افضل نہیں ٹھہراتے۔
जरासंध उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts a dharma-ethic of role-appropriateness: for a kṣatriya who seeks to act rightly, the highest good lies in faithfully performing kṣatriya-dharma, and true knowers of dharma do not recommend abandoning it for some other path.
In the Sabha Parva context, Jarāsandha is articulating a normative claim about royal/warrior duty—using the authority of ‘dharma-knowers’ to justify that a kṣatriya’s proper course is to adhere to the warrior-ruler’s obligations rather than adopt a different dharma.